Most people go on and on about name changes when in fact it was nothing more than heavy accents and poor spelling skills that caused the name change.
Add in sloppy writing, bad transcriptions and inadequate computer software uploading skills and we have a Name Change.
Names like HIRD, change to HEARD, HURD, HERD and even HARD.
Think about it.
Even in this day and age with your level of education, imagine if someone from a European country came and told you their name was Von Lezschinsky....
How would YOU spell it if they could not read or write?
I see people every single day complaining about 'call centres" and how all the employees have Asian or Indian accents and they cannot understand a word they are saying.
Now imagine having a 3rd grade education and spelling the words you heard from the 'call centre"
IF you cannot even understand the words then how do you spell them?
Name changes are mostly due to poor communication and education.
I do genealogy on a world scale and see the same families who move to different countries and end up with different names all the time.
One lot come to Australia and become BEASLEY, while another goes to the USA and become BEESLEY and then you have offshoots that end up with anything from BEEZLEY, BEAZLEY to BAISLY.
No name change,,,,,just heavy accents and poor educations.
