tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266495682245162271.post8411646379897958961..comments2023-06-26T04:17:39.453-05:00Comments on Genealogy Tip of the Day: One Piece of Paper Is Not ProofMichael John Neillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10785989524587275817noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266495682245162271.post-65674254439161762302013-03-06T03:36:28.543-06:002013-03-06T03:36:28.543-06:00Absolutely, expecially, since many of the clerks o...Absolutely, expecially, since many of the clerks of yesteryear, were not always the most literate or even fluent.... when considering the great immigrations of our World and World Family. I have found... innumerous documents have spelling errors, or spelling adaptions of geographical or fashionable evolution from which they also, often enough... derive. Then there are female and pluram forms of some surnames... and if one goes back far enough... there was only one name... and the origins of many surnames stem from their Forfather´s first name or sole name... then have a prefix or annex which variates whether the child is a male or a female... for example. So many reasons there can be, for different spellings or interpretations. With my highest regards and salutations, Renee Walker Evitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711567194377310555noreply@blogger.com