Kirsten Bowman wrote:
Nina:
Regarding your third question, I've often been faced with the same
dilemma and found a good suggestion in Getting It Right by Mary H.
Slawson. She recommends using the name by which the person would have
called himself/herself. I had a Wilhelmus (baptism) or
Hello everyone,
I have a few questions and would love to hear your suggestions:
1. When researching various records - marriage certificates, court papers, etc.
- I would like to capture the fact that the person has signed the document (as
an indicator for literacy). Does anyone of you capture
Grimshaw
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/Grimshaw/
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: [LegacyUG] signatures names
Hello everyone,
I have a few questions and would love to hear your suggestions:
1. When researching various records - marriage certificates, court papers,
etc. - I would like to capture the fact that the person has signed the
document (as an indicator for literacy
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Some interesting questions here Nina - my comments are bewlow;
Ron Ferguson
SKL 1750 wrote
1. When researching various records - marriage certificates, court
papers, etc. - I would like to capture the fact that the person has
signed the document (as an indicator for literacy). Does anyone of you
capture this information and how do you think it's best done.
I include
of the individual.
Diane
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Hello everyone,
I have a few questions and would love to hear your suggestions:
1. When researching various
not available, it added something personal of the individual.
Diane
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Hello everyone,
I have a few questions and would love
Of Jenny M
Benson
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SKL 1750 wrote
1. When researching various records - marriage certificates, court
papers, etc. - I would like to capture the fact that the person has
signed
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Hello everyone,
I have a few questions and would love to hear your suggestions:
1. When researching various
: Saturday, December 09, 2006 5:01 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] signatures names
Hello everyone,
I have a few questions and would love to hear your suggestions:
1. When researching various records - marriage certificates, court papers,
etc. - I would like to capture
I have Norwegian and German ancestors, with the Norwegian being most
challenging for the primary name version.
My paternal grandfather and his brothers emigrated to the US from Germany
and anglicized their names, but I have copies of German documents with the
German version. I use the names they
.
Kirsten
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Hello everyone,
I have a few questions and would love to hear
Hi all,
One other little wrinkle: at one time it was common in Sweden for the
common people to be taught to read (so they could read the Bible for
themselves). But they were often not taught how to write (maybe their
name?). So literate as we define it (reading *and* writing) didn't
Kirsten Bowman wrote:
I had a Wilhelmus (baptism) orWilhelm
(marriage), but his will was signed "William" so that's what I use as
the preferred name. My database is primarily for posting at RootsWeb,
however, and other researchers of this line most often use
"Wilhelmus"for this
As some have commented, a signature shouldn't be regarded as absolute proof
of literacy, I wouldn't rely too much on not signing a document as proof of
illiteracy either. Imagine someone in authority saying Make your mark here
or indicating the space with a small cross, or the situation where the
: Jenny M Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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SKL 1750 wrote
1. When researching various records - marriage certificates, court papers,
etc. - I would like to capture the fact
through the
effort of writing her signature!
Chris
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To add to that. I had always been told my great grandmother could
: Saturday, December 09, 2006 2:01 AM
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Subject: [LegacyUG] signatures names
Hello everyone,
I have a few questions and would love to hear your
suggestions:
1. When researching various records - marriage
certificates, court papers
That is why on American census records, they asked
BOTH.
Rich
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Hi all,
One other little wrinkle: at one time it was
common in Sweden for the
common people to be taught to read (so they could
read the Bible for
themselves). But they
] Behalf Of Bob
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Kirsten Bowman wrote:
I had a Wilhelmus (baptism) or Wilhelm (marriage), but his will was
signed William so that's what I use as the preferred name
/
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Thanks, Ron. My thinking goes along the same lines.
The only thing
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