This brings smiles to my face my great grandfather had 7 children with 6 DIFFERENT spellings
Dunleavy, Dunlevy, Dunlavy, Dunlavey, Dunleavy, Dunleavey On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 2:33 AM, Gordon Wilkinson via CoTyroneList < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jim & Listers, A welcome warning. I may have mentioned before that I > found an O'Hara spelt as Harrow. and McBeath as McBeth/McBith/Macbeth ... > MaCoulough is another one rendered variously. There are several examples in > my ancestry. Need to think laterally when searching. ;-) > > Gordon > > On 15/09/2018 6:48 PM, Jim McKane via CoTyroneList wrote: > > Hello Listers - as genealogists, we are very aware of phonetic spelling in > days of yore............ and even today in the younger generations. > Yesterday, I completed typing the list of names for Donaghcavey Cemetery > where I found the best/worst examples of spelling issues with names. > > One example - the firstname Owen was spelled as Oin, On, Own > > It behoves us to remember this when we are searching old records. > > Take a look for yourself - Inscriptions from Donaghcavey Cemetery (or > Findonagh) <https://www.cotyroneireland.com/graveyard/donaghcavey.html> > > Have a GREAT day > Jim > > Jim McKane > South Bruce Peninsula, Ontario > > > _______________________________________________ > CoTyroneList mailing > [email protected]http://mail.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com > > > -- > _________________________________ > Nereda & Gordon Wilkinson, Hyde Park, South Australia. > Web: www.ozemail.com.au/~neredon Skype id: neredon > Emails: [email protected] [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > CoTyroneList mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/ > cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com > >
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