Re: Naming Patterns

["aajay1073" <aajay1073@...>]

I read somewhere, {and I can't remember where, but I tried looking 
for my source for this information}, that if the wife's family was of 
a higher status or surname was 'better' {in using measurements during 
that time period}, then the males in the family took the wife's 
surname which would then pass to their children.  And the females 
took the husband's surname which would get passed to their children 
as the secondary surname.

In terms of mispellings or spelling variations.  Again, I read 
somewhere, the person recording the name tended to be more educated 
then the general people. Therefore, it would have been 'beneath' him 
to ask how to spell a name to someone who was less educated them he.  
The ability to read and write was not wide spread, but more than 
likely even those people who did know how to write, were probably 
still not asked the correct way to spell their name.

just me two cents...

Angie