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WHAT NAME?
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moe | Report | 3 Aug 2005 19:36 |
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I have been searching for the SALTER clan, and have some certs(copies) with this name on. I haven't been able to go any further back with them until today. using name varients(never thought i needed to) i have found the whole family under the name SAULTER, which one should i treat as true? i would apprieciate any advice MOE! |
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Rosemary | Report | 3 Aug 2005 20:39 |
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Moe, Both are probably true. Just a matter of phonetics. I have noticed while doing my own research that some of my family names have some spelling differences. I have records and certs for one family branch with 3 spellings: Hazlehurst, Haslehurst and Heslehurst. Rose |
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moe | Report | 3 Aug 2005 21:19 |
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Thanks for that Rose, i will just write the two surnames down and from now on use varients when searching.... MOEx |
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Unknown | Report | 3 Aug 2005 21:21 |
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I've a friend whose maiden name is Sault and she was often misrecorded as Salt. Nell |
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moe | Report | 3 Aug 2005 21:33 |
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Helen, i know the further back i go the more obscure the spellings, by 1841 census i will proberbly looking at SALT myself, Good job the mark X wasn't a name or we would all be related, MOEx |
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