And it happened elsewhere. I found a family in Cornwall, UK with 14 different spellings spread across Census and BMD records - damn difficult tracking them down.
Regards Chris >From my Motorola G6+ On Sat, 23 Nov 2019, 23:05 Roberta Schwalm, <robertaschw...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've seen a few dillies myself. My father's surname was Schwalm but I > have seen it written as Schwaten! His mother's maiden name was Jung but on > her record of marriage it is entered as Yung because of the way the German > "J" is pronounced. > > As for my mother's Snoddy side of the family, although the correct > spelling is Snoddy, I have seen it as Snoddie, Snowdy, Snowddy. > > I guess it all depended on how the person recording the names understood > them as a great many people, even in the early 1900s were illiterate and > neither knew how to read nor write. > > Roberta Schwalm > > On Sat, Nov 23, 2019 at 4:43 PM Cathy Vallevieni <cathyv...@cox.net> > wrote: > >> Thank you all for the input. I now know how to properly enter both >> surnames. >> >> Thank you, Laura, for sending the links. I will check them out. >> >> Cathy Vallevieni >> 714 389-6374 Home >> 714 227-4948 Cell >> >> On 11/23/2019 1:16 PM, Laura Johnson wrote: >> > the so called ledgers were the ships manifests - those were done at >> > the port of departure. >> > >> > Here are a few good articles to let you know what really happened >> > >> > >> https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/ask-smithsonian-did-ellis-island-officials-really-change-names-immigrants-180961544/ >> > >> > >> > https://www.genealogy.com/articles/research/88_donna.html >> > >> > https://www.nypl.org/blog/2013/07/02/name-changes-ellis-island >> > >> > https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/04/29/ellis-island-names/ >> > >> > >> > On 11/23/2019 3:06 PM, Christopher Seward Sr. wrote: >> >> >> >> Marie, >> >> >> >> I would disagree with that first statement. In my years of doing >> >> research, I have heard stories where the workers at Ellis Island >> >> entered names into the ledgers incorrectly. If they were unable to >> >> discern the name from the ships manifest, they would of write down >> >> the names as THEY understood the passengers. I have examples in my >> >> own family where a Braun from Prussia was listed as Brown because the >> >> person at intake determined that the immigrant should "Americanize" >> >> their name. >> >> >> >> As for the second part of your statement...I agree. I do believe >> >> that the AKA field i the best place to notate that. >> >> >> >> Ciao, >> >> Christopher >> >> >> >> On 11/23/2019 2:56 PM, mvmcgrs--- via LegacyUserGroup wrote: >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> First, the name was not changed at Ellis Island. The manifests were >> >>> made in the country that they departed from. They probably made the >> >>> change themselves to make the name easier to pronounce and spell. >> >>> They may have done it legally, [through the courts] but more likely >> >>> they just started to use the new spelling. >> >>> >> >>> I'm using Legacy 8 and there is an AKA (4th logo from the right) it >> >>> looks like a group of people. You can add the name that they used in >> >>> Italy or the one used in the US, your choice. You can cite the >> >>> source (census, birth record, marriage record, etc) for each >> >>> individual time you find the name. Then use the other name in >> database. >> >>> >> >>> Marie >> >>> >> >>> Marie Varrelman Melchiori, Certified Genealogist Emeritus >> >>> ______________________________ ______________________________ __ >> >>> CG or Certified Genealogist is a service mark of the Board for >> >>> Certification of Genealogists, used under license by Board-certified >> >>> genealogists after periodic competency evaluation, and the board >> >>> name is registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office. >> >>> In a message dated 11/23/2019 2:53:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, >> >>> cathyv...@cox.net writes: >> >>> >> >>> My great grandfather had the surname Vallevegni in Italy. >> >>> >> >>> When the family immigrated to the U.S. it changed to Vallevieni >> >>> which >> >>> they used from then on (probably changed at Ellis Island). >> >>> >> >>> How should I enter 2 surnames in Legayc? >> >>> >> >>> -- Cathy Vallevieni >> >>> 714 389-6374 Home >> >>> 714 227-4948 Cell >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> LegacyUserGroup mailing list >> >>> LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com >> >>> To manage your subscription and unsubscribe >> >>> >> http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com >> >>> Archives at: >> >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> > >> >> -- >> >> LegacyUserGroup mailing list >> LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com >> To manage your subscription and unsubscribe >> http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com >> Archives at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >> > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >
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