Ed Ladendorf wrote: > A direct line ancestor, Heinrich Ladendorf, has been found > listed as Henry Lander in the 1860 census. He has also been > found listed as H Ladendorff (an extra "F"), Henry > Landenderf, etc. on different sources. There are several > other variations. > > Would you list every spelling you find, or just the ones > where it is obvious they should be listed, i.e. Henry Lander > or Henry Landenderf? Would you also do the same for those > who are not direct line? Thanks for any direction. I'm > trying to get it right this time. .
"Right" is a tad subjective, though, Ed. What's legally "right" may not be logically "right" or even ethically "right", and what's "right" for family may not be "right" for scholars or professional genealogists. It also depends on where you're thinking of recording it. In your SOURCES, you record what's on the document, period. It's a bit more complex in family-view. I tried entering people under the spelling on the document and it created trees with 4 or 5 "alternate parents", made using the database unnecessarily challenging, and generally wreaked havoc. I decided life was too short. I went back to entering it so I could FIND it again. I have one surname for which I currently have 42 *documented* variant spellings. That surname gets the spelling my branch of the family has used since about 1830. I don't want to see a printed list of those variants every time I generate a report. Cheryl Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
