To correct or not to correct.

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AndrewA
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Re: To correct or not to correct.

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Righty HO, serious point now. I have written this as part of my script, so I hope it meets approval as to conveying the urge to correct spellings of names.

Keeping the originality of peoples names as the enumerator wrote them down is vital. Remember that this was written over 170 years ago. It is possible that you could be looking at the last known recording of a surname spelt that way, which is extremely important and valuable to a Genealogist. If you think the name is wrong, use the note column to register your concerns.
Hit a Brickwall? Have you lost all trace of someone? Do not despair, simply make a note they were abducted by aliens! Don't believe in aliens? No problem, just write them off as having disapeared in a time portal
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