For me anything before about 1750 is pretty murky and the records are harder to find and confirm

  • FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    I have one where the husband and wife had the same last name before marriage, but were unrelated. Threw me for a real loop there as I thought I couldn’t find her maiden name until I figured it out. Definitely a lot of ancestors changing the spelling of last names. Some I can’t tell if it was intentional, or just hard to distinguish between a’s and o’s on the old documents.