re: #68 kirkspencer
One real headache I’ve come across is the changing of spelling of names. Even in copies from a family bible - I have copies from the birth and baptism pages - the names can differ than what a public document might list.
Remember, literacy was scarcer, and rules for spelling were, well, not really around.
I have come across:
- replacing “in” for “ing”
- changing “sen” into “son”
- possibly changing “v” into “w”
Very common, I think.