Name Variations

[ysabeau]

Lloydy

I have Jones to Jones to Jones to Jones....................
Jan

Unlike Smith, are there any variants for the surname Jones ?

Ysabeau

[Zelley]

Lloydy

I have Jones to Jones to Jones to Jones....................
Jan

Unlike Smith, are there any variants for the surname Jones ?
Ysabeau

Try, Janes, Jeans, Johns and Jonas for Jones.
and a real stretch is JAMES.

[Darcy]

I have

Shepherd, Sheppherd, Sheperd, Shepperd, Shephard, Shepard, Shepphard, Shepheard.

Maddock, Madock Maddox, Maddix and believe it or not, in one instance, Macdick!

Strickland, Stricklin

Read, Reade, Reed, Reede

Crowter, Crouter, Clouter, Clowter

Darcy

[Zelley]

What have we started?  Even SMITH has variations such as SMYTHE.   But we all have a few SMITH names in our various trees.

[claudia99]

Up to now I have no Smiths or Jones!
However, I do have
Fagan, Fegan, Fagin, Feagin, Feagan, Hagan, Sagan
Daly, Daley
Dickens, Dickins
Speakman, Spearman
Holliday, Holiday, Halliday, Haliday
Fildes, Files

Just a thought, on a database, how is it best to record these names - any thoughts?
I have recorded them as their BIRTH was registered - does anyone have any views on this?
Claudia

[ysabeau]

Lloydy

I have Jones to Jones to Jones to Jones....................
Jan

Unlike Smith, are there any variants for the surname Jones ?
Ysabeau

Try, Janes, Jeans, Johns and Jonas for Jones.
and a real stretch is JAMES.

                        I stand corrected

Ysabeau

[Zelley]

Up to now I have no Smiths or Jones!
Claudia

No SMITH or JONES, well I'll be darned.

Concerning the recording of names, you should go by the actual birth record not a transcribed record that could be wrong.
But, if a name has variations, I would also disclose them.

For instance some branches of my Zealy/Zelley Dorset bunch changed the name to SEALEY in the early to mid-1840's.  One hundred and forty years later, some descendants of that branch
weren't aware of the Zelley connection.  How sad,  they had
distant cousins in the Weymouth region, but weren't aware of the connections until 1990.  So full disclosure will help somebody 100 plus years from now when we are long gone.
All we can do is try to be a storyteller with an open book
and the best disclosure that time will allow!

[sandie]

So far I have:

Collier, Collyer
Welch, Welsh
Davies, Davis
but my favourite is my mum's line - Dinmore, Dinsmore, Dunmore, Dunsmore, Denmore and Diamond.

Think how boring our research would be though if everyone wrote/transcribed the names the same way every time!!

Sandie

[Zelley]

Think how boring our research would be though if everyone wrote/transcribed the names the same way every time!!
Sandie

Excellent point!!