I believe that Barbara is correct on this. There's definitely a comma
between Turner and the next word.
The only other word I see which ends with an s is "Mrs." in the informant
field, and it does not end with an upstroke, which makes me doubt Colins was
the name that was meant to be written.
I've also seen quite a few certificates that do specify "colored" on the
name field.
Good work, Barbara!
Lynn
In addition
----- Original Message -----
From: "heritage63" <heritage63(a)bellsouth.net>
To: <KYGenWeb-KVRP-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 10:08 AM
Subject: Re: [KYVITALS] Question on combined surname
Janice,
I just looked at this certificate. I don't believe the last word in the
surname field is "Colins." Even though there appears to be a dot above
the
name, maybe an ink spot since we didn't have ball point pens at
that time,
I
believe the name written on the certificate is:
James K. Polk Turner, Colord
Barbara O'Nan
----- Original Message -----
From: <Plusss(a)aol.com>
To: <KYGenWeb-KVRP-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: [KYVITALS] Question on combined surname
>
> For anyone who hasn't followed the search link from your volunteer login
> page, here's your opportunity. Instead of logging in, go to the corner
> and use
> the link that says, 'KyVitals Home'. From there, in the same corner,
use
> the
> orange link 'Search'.
>
> You can find this certificate by using the basic search, all counties,
> surname 'Turner Colins', no given name. No changes have been made to
the
> file as
> yet.
>
> I've also checked several other certificates for that year and the comma
> between Turner and Colins is not part of the printed form.
>
> Bear in mind that Sheryl has the final word on all decisions.
>
> Janice
> ******************************************
> Sheryl Slaughter writes:
>>>
> It was not uncommon during this time period for given names to be
quite
> lengthy. I have one entire family in rural Kentucky where the
male and
> female
> children all had at least 5 names.
>
> I have not seen this certificate. If this certificate shows a
hyphenated
> name, we can certainly accommodate that. The surname fields are
set up
to
> accept
> apostrophes, hyphens and spaces in addition to alphabetic characters.
>
> That said, if the certificate does not show a hyphen, the surname would
> simply show as Colins. I hesitate to try interpret circumstances except
in
> unusual cases because we just don't have much to go on. The
fact that
the
> father's
> surname is shown as Turner will help researchers find this person.
>
> I would enter into the given name field:
>
> james k polk turner
>
> and into the surname field:
>
> colins
>>>
>
>
>
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