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From: bob gillis <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Place Name Change Help
Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 06:49:13 -0700
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Mike Fox wrote:
>
> Similarly, my mother told me her mother's maiden name was Frances Melanz and
> it's in TMG that way. I just saw the original baptismal register, and in
> it, her name is Franciska Melavc. Should I change the primary tag to
> Franciska Melavc and add a name variation tag for the year she came to the
> US?
>
I suspect the the Slovene spelling was Melavc but pronounced Melanz or
Melance. The Polish name Sulc is pronounced Shultz.

I would show Melanz as a name variation but do not put a date on it as
you don't know when she Anglicized the spelling.

bob gillis

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