What's That Name? Tips for Finding Nicknames, Spelling Variants and Mangled Surnames
Janice Nickerson
Content
Introduction
4m 3s
Accents
3m 1s
Handwriting
2m 10s
Multiple Given Names
1m 52s
Nicknames
1m 40s
Short Forms
1m 55s
About this webinar
Names are a genealogist’s bread and butter. But how do you find your ancestors when they didn’t “go by” their proper names, or clerks mangled their names in the records or the transcriber couldn’t read the enumerator’s handwriting? These tips might help!
About the speaker
Professional genealogist Janice Nickerson loves a good challenge whether it’s identifying elusive ancestors, tracking disappearing descendants or telling richer family stories. In addition to helping ...
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Comments (1)
Excellent overview of this subject. It is impressive how much information Janice Nickerson was able to fit into such a short lecture. The syllabus has nicknames and written short forms even I was not aware of in spite of having been working on my genealogy for 3 decades.