GREENOUGH - History of English/Use of Alias (General)

by m p griffiths , Friday, November 02, 2012, 07:24 (4478 days ago) @ unknown

Ages given in previous reply.

Thomas GREENOUGH the elder age 58
Thomas GREENOUGH the younger age 17

Gloucestershire Genealogical Database

http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/genealogy/search.aspx

Search under GREENHALF* as this is how their surname is spelt on the GRO records

Their records when you click on their surname and give the full reference information from which copies can be obtained from the Records Office.

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Another point on researching: names were written down as 'heard' - so local accents played a bit part - hence OUGH/UFF/ etc. Standardisation of surnames took a long time go come about, and like most researchers, most of my family surnames in the past, where spelt in many different ways, particularly my GRIFFITHS/GRYFFIET Hence the 'SOUNDEX' box when searching the Forest of Dean Parish Records.

The History of English

http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Histengl/spelling.html

and Alias' surnames were common (Rodbourne Alias HEWER in my Gloucestershire tree)

Naming Practices in 16th Century Gloucestershire (which includes Registers of St Marys Dymock between 1538 and 1600)

http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/GlocNamePractices/MultipleBynames.shtml