In a message dated 6/7/2012 6:16:12 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, imarlb@sbcglobal.net writes: I think that dialects and accents may have had a lot to do with spelling This is so true my husband had an uncle who's last name was Dionne and he was French the person put Young. Jane

I imagine that 'young' was the sound the recorder heard; try pronouncing the name in French, not English. See? Cheers, Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: Drover54@aol.com To: yorksgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, 08 Jun 2012 01:19:55 -0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] Getting the name wrong In a message dated 6/7/2012 6:16:12 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, imarlb@sbcglobal.net writes: I think that dialects and accents may have had a lot to do with spelling This is so true my husband had an uncle who's last name was Dionne and he was French the person put Young. Jane ..... Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message