Surname Mistakes and Errors in Records Make Research Difficult
Anyone who has reseached one particular surname for a while, has a list of mistakes, changes and evolutions of the surname. My list of options for the surname Henritze includes: Heindrix Heinritz Heinritze Henderson Hendrickson Hendrix Heneritze Heneritzy Henitzy...
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From Adoption to the Witness Protection Program Surnames are deliberately changed in the United States by usage or by law for a multitude of reasons. As far as genealogical and historical research goes, surnames also evolve and are mistaken...
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Surname Evolution
“My family has ALWAYS spelled our name this way, so that can’t be the right record.” How many times have you heard that from another researcher or even thought that about one of your own surnames? In addition to...
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