From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Wed Jun 14 15:48:56 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k5ELmujb017718; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:48:56 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k5ELmujG028056 for ; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:48:56 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k5EJCuFI018818 for ; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:12:56 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k5EJCuUV018817 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:12:56 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k5E8oLFI017637 for ; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 04:50:21 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k5EBQ7Xn021275 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 05:26:07 -0600 X-Envelope-From: glcrooks@bcpl.net Wed Jun 14 05:26:07 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k5EBQ7jb021266 for ; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 05:26:07 -0600 Received: from mail.bcpl.net (mail.bcpl.net [204.255.212.10]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k5EBQ47x004788 for ; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 05:26:05 -0600 Received: from gordoneyz72m3j (ppp238.bcpl.net [207.19.142.252]) by mail.bcpl.net (8.13.0/8.13.0) with SMTP id k5EBPxSp012670; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 07:26:03 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <001101c68fa5$4ffe75d0$fc8e13cf@gordoneyz72m3j> From: "gordon crooks" To: Cc: References: <448ED3C6.3070205@charter.net> <003501c68f13$9320f8c0$7b988843@y9w6c2> <448F0C79.2010009@charter.net> <00dc01c68f5a$0b415f20$7b988843@y9w6c2> Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] AFN ? Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 07:25:57 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Actually you have another thing which can be part of this problem. A great deal of the information on LDS is from submitters and very little is confirmed by sources etc. In my case I have no less than 9 errors on the same ancester. One distant relative "guessed" and others picked this up and repeated it. That plus the fact that surnames were mis-spelled over a period of time or even changed by a family leads to duplication. I recently transcribed all the tombstones in a 1738 cemetery and found an example of this the father spelled his name Eaches and that's on his tombstone, his oldest son spelled it Eachus. This went back and forth for 4 generations (14 graves in the plot). Gordon Crooks ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 10:26 PM Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] AFN ? > Hello John , It is my opinion that you in fact have TWO distinct and > different people > Only be a personal visit with staff in Salt Lake City will you get a > change > made , Which I doubt will happen , My visits to the Joseph Smith building > on > Temple Square were less than satisfying , if you insist on there being > only > one person put them into your data base and note what it is people are > looking at , Phil > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Berryman" > To: > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 12:05 PM > Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] AFN ? > > >> There is a difference and I noted that when I came across it. It's the >> spelling of the last names. However, there is more than enough >> supporting data to show that these are the same people. I not had this >> happen a often but I have a few of these to deal with. The question is >> how do I deal with this in my records or who can I contact to clear this >> up? John >> >> joe2phil@drizzle.com wrote: >> >> >Hello John , I have been working the LDS stuff for many years , never > have I seen the same person with 2 numbers ,there must be something > radically different to get two numbers , What is it ???? , Phil >> >----- Original Message ----- >> >From: "John Berryman" >> >To: >> >Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 8:03 AM >> >Subject: [ROOTS-L] AFN ? >> > >> > >> >>Good Day Listeners, >> >> >> >>I've a question for someone with more experience than I. I've a few > cases where I've come up with more than one AFN for the same person. For > now I've recored both. However, I'd like to know how you experienced > people > deal with this issue. I'd truly welcome any suggestions on this. >> >> >> >>Cheers, >> >>John in WI USA >> >> >> > > >