Mary, I agree with those who have advised you that accepted historical/genealogical procedure is to transcribe exactly what you see. You never know how it might come into play later.
As an alternate to using "sic" in brackets, it is also appropriate to insert (also in brackets) what you believe the name was intended to be or should have been. Brackets are the universal symbol for "I'm adding something here of an editorial nature, and it was not in the original." Janis Walker Gilmore On 10/3/09 3:34 AM, "Mary Horner" <maryhor...@shaw.ca> wrote: > When the enumerator has made errors, most commonly in spelling the surname, > or when you are getting the info online where the transcriber has made > errors in interpreting the handwriting, do you copy into Legacy what is > actually there or what should have been there - the correct spelling? My > family has a unique name wherein anyone in Canada with the same spelling is > related and the spelling has always been consistent within the family going > back over 200 years, but the errors in census are amazing. I would never > have found the family had they not lived on the same homestead for 5 > generations. When I finally found a census where the name was correct, the > enumerator was my great-grandfather! > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
