www.ancestry.com has a way to list all the various spellings of the person in the record. You do have to select one name that is the preferred name. I've seen in old census records where people were listed with their initials, nicknames, first names, middle names and spelling errors in different census records. This is especially evident in my Southern ancestors in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi. Keeping track of all the various spellings helps the ancestry.com computer to search for all those varieties. Posting all the various name spellings has, more than once, helped me find an important additional record for my genealogy research.
Debbie Wolgemuth Researching Azoreans: Jorge (Flores), Freitas (Flores), Enos (San Miguel), Silveira Matos (Faial), Rodrigues (unknown) Immigrated to: Merced, CA From: rfrancispimen...@comcast.net To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Name Spelling & Standardization Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 20:28:07 -0400 Cheri is right about which program you use. When I do a file/data base and standardize names I create a fact recording exactly how the name was written in the record. Rick Richard Francis Pimentel Epping, New Hampshire, USA Researching Bretanha, Ribeirinha, Ribeira Grande, Achade Grande, and Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel, Acores -----Original Message----- From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azo...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cheri Mello Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 5:10 PM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Name Spelling & Standardization Hi Jesse, I guess it depends. Depending on your genealogy program, you might be able to store one as a main name and the other as a nickname and have both names come up. Cheri -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
