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Stephen | Report | 28 Jan 2009 14:26 |
Searching IGI records I came on a branch of my family named Ecklsor it sounded unusual so I did a national search and turned up a total of 14 individuals, 8 marriages and 6 christenings between 1763 and 1832. Now I can understand how a name dies out but how does a name just appear? where are the entries for there parents? any suggestions or explanations please. |
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TinaTheCheshirePussyCat | Report | 28 Jan 2009 14:47 |
The further you go back, the more unreliable spellings of names are and the more they vary. If the individuals themselves cannot write their names, then it is down to the clergyman making the entry in the register as to how to spell it. And it he is not local, then a broad local accent might well fox him. (I have a Habberley married under the name of Applet - clergyman was italian, groom was a Shropshire yokel! Mutter Habberley under you breath a few times and you can see how it might have happened) |
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Kate | Report | 28 Jan 2009 15:11 |
May also be that they moved into/out of the area around those dates - for instance, in the parish records for Bottesford in Leicestershire I can find my Branstons from about 1762 onwards but there isn't one before that date. Can you identify any surrounding places they may have come from? |