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 <[email protected]> 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, > >>> [email protected] 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 > >>> [email protected] > >>> To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > >>> > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > >>> Archives at: > >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
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