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From: Barton Lewis bartonle...@optonline.net
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To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com
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Subject: [LegacyUG] alternative versions of surname
On 14/05/2015 04:43, Barton Lewis wrote:
I’d like feedback on how people handle alternative spellings of a
surname. My ancestor, Jacob’s will spells his surname BACHTEL. In the
censuses, he spells it: BECHTOL (1830); BACHTEL (1840); BECHTEL (1850);
and BECHTAL (1860). His grave marker
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-- Original Message --
From: Barton Lewis bartonle...@optonline.net
To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com
Sent: 5/13/2015 11:43:13 PM
Subject: [LegacyUG] alternative versions of surname
I’d like feedback on how people handle alternative spellings of a
surname. My ancestor, Jacob’s
I'd like feedback on how people handle alternative spellings of a surname.
My ancestor, Jacob's will spells his surname BACHTEL. In the censuses, he
spells it: BECHTOL (1830); BACHTEL (1840); BECHTEL (1850); and BECHTAL
(1860). His grave marker spells it BECHTELL which is the way his father
I choose a standard version for the actual Surname - I think you are
supposed to use the variation found in the birth/baptism record but I
don't always have that when entering someone.
I put the actual variants in the source and in the AKAs. I do not put
mistranscriptions in the AKAs but I
I do it as an a.k.a. - much easier to look for someone in the index.
On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 3:43 PM, Barton Lewis bartonle...@optonline.net
wrote:
I’d like feedback on how people handle alternative spellings of a
surname. My ancestor, Jacob’s will spells his surname BACHTEL. In the
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