Hi Ian
Yes I have the same problem with my POVALL's, you wouldn't believe some of
the census indexes!! But they are mainly variations on the same
name........POVAL, POVAH, PORALL, PEVILL, not a complete name change like my
GRIMES/CRIMES and BOTWORTH/BOTWOOD.
I have decided to put their names on my computer programme as it is at birth
(or baptism) and put the aka name in the fact file somewhere.
Happy hunting Ian
Regards
Barbara
----- Original Message -----
From: "I Thompson" <joscyn(a)hotmail.com>
To: <WLS-GWYNEDD-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 6:06 PM
Subject: [GWYNEDD] RE: Grimes/Crimes
Dear Barbara,
I took your enquiry to mean how do you cope with the knowledge that you
now
have two surnames!! Well, the surname of later family members is
Grimes
and
the generation of the change Grimes/Crimes. Before the change, the
surname
is Crimes.
I suspect that as you go back, you will have to look for both! Spelling
wasn't fixed as people who were semi- or il-literate depended on the
priest
or clerk that day to spell their names for them. Later, family
members
may
have felt that Crimes had too many bad associations?
An example from my own family is in one generation, the same person is
Corbally, Corbilly, Corblay and Corbley on marriage and birth certs!
Another example is Lyth/Lieth/Lithe/Leith in 18th century Shropshire.
I would see how things go.
Yours,
Ian
London SW9
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