Richard, I think you started a topic which is very difficult and no one on this list is capable to solve this whithout hearing how it is spoken.
The way names a pronounced is very different depending on the language spoken. Having families in an boarder area does not make it easier. In English they write SCHOOL And they speak it SKOOL. Recording names from other languages is vey difficult. The AKA is a very good possibiliy. The best is have a voice record of the person while saying the name. But who has this. The least of us. Looking at your descendant surnames they could be of German origin. People living near the boarder of Belgium, Luxemburg, Netherlands. That is only an idea. Bernhard ________________________________ From: Richard Van Wasshnova [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 9:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Surname pronunciation Any suggestion on how to record proper pronunciation of a surname? My mother was always correcting us on her grandmother's surname of NOEL must be pronounced Newel not like Christmas. Also her aunt and cousins BARRON must be pronounced nasally, sort of like Bahra. (They sometimes appeared in census as BARROW) I considered AKA but tend to prefer a name source. I don't know how to create a source for oral preaching. Any suggestions please? -- Richard Van Wasshnova Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
