A lesson I learned: In the 1800’s and early 1900’s, the majority of individuals could not spell. Therefore, when they would need to record their name, they relied on the individual completing the form, to spell their names. This resulted in numerous and different spellings for the same individual.
I have one record where the spelling of the same individual has 6 different spellings. On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 11:04 AM Ward Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > Christopher, > > That could be helpful. Could you elaborate? I looked for a reference to > the ‘Passenger Arrival Lists’ on the Ellis Island web site but did not find > it. Do you know what became of these ledgers? What were they used for? Did > they really have an impact on how the immigrant was named, once settled in > their destination community? Were they used during the naturalization > process? I see that what FamilySearch.org calls a ‘New York Passenger > Arrival List’ is just a ship manifest. And additional googling for > ‘passenger arrival lists’ also turns up only ship manifests. > > Ward > > *From:* Christopher Seward Sr. > *Sent:* Sunday, November 24, 2019 3:33 PM > *To:* mvmcgrs--- via LegacyUserGroup > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Surname Changed When Immigrated > > > And those manifests were used to fill out Passenger Arrival Lists (what I > and others refer to as ledgers). This comes directly from the Ellis Island > website. > > I'm not sure why people are so passionate about stating that these errors > never happened, when indeed they did, even according to those who made them. > > This should be about encouraging people to be creative about their > research, not limiting it. > > Thanks, > > Christopher (genealogist for 40+ years) > 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]/ > -- Pete B
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