Posts in March 19, 2016

Is the “alternate” spelling of your ancestor’s name a clue to how it was pronounced? Sometimes wrong spellings are simply wrong. Other times an incorrect spelling can be a clue to how the name was pronounced by your ancestor. The flip side of this is that if you know how your ancestor likely said his name, you can think of additional alternate spellings. There may be a reason DeMoss was spelled Demoise. Or was it Demorse? Either are clues.