At Thursday 22-01-09 02:05 PM, Joy Fisher wrote:
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>I would transcribe names EXACTLY as given in the original record.
>If it says Geo. I leave it that way. And if the handwriting is sloppy
>where you can't tell if it is an "a" or and "o", I will put down "Jas.
>[or Jos. ?] so that search engines will pick it up.
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EXACTLY!!!!! Transcribe the names exactly as the Census Records
have them listed! That's what the Notes events are for in your
genealogy database programs! You make notations about such things.
Sarge
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