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Re: Emily Turner Birth index help needed please
« Reply #9 on: Friday 17 November 17 19:18 GMT (UK) »
My great, great grandmother was baptised as Emily and appears on one census as Emma - I can see it going the other way round too

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Re: Emily Turner Birth index help needed please
« Reply #10 on: Friday 17 November 17 19:53 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: iolaus on Friday 17 November 17 19:18 GMT (UK)
My great, great grandmother was baptised as Emily and appears on one census as Emma - I can see it going the other way round too

Very strange our ancestors  ???
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Re: Emily Turner Birth index help needed please
« Reply #11 on: Friday 17 November 17 20:54 GMT (UK) »
Emma and Emily were often used interchangeably.  The same applies to Ellen/Eleanor/Helena/Helen.  Always worth bearing these in mind when searches appear not to bear fruit.
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)

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Re: Emily Turner Birth index help needed please
« Reply #12 on: Friday 17 November 17 21:02 GMT (UK) »

Nellie, Ellie, Leonora, Nora . . . .

Even found a neighbour Felicity = Fliss = LIZ.

Please do not assume sensible progressions.
If a close relative cannot say your name then Ray becomes ELVIS
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"The wise man knows how little he knows, the foolish man does not". My Grandfather & Father.

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