EUREKA! But why didn't I think of that before?

[chinakay]

I was whacking my head on the desk for months trying to find someone in the 1881. They were in the 1891, but not the 1881.

Eventually I thought of looking up the neighbour they lived next door to in the 1891. There they were in 1881 at the same address, and they also had my people living next to them. My people had been indexed with the neighbours' surname

Cheers,
China

[Rishile]

I'm not sure if there is a thread somewhere on RC like this but I haven't seen it.  Apologies if there is.

We all have those 'Eureka' moments when we've discovered something by looking at it from a different angle, so could we share them? 

I have been doing some transcribing of 1955 deaths for BMD recently and have discovered that quite a few deaths are registered in names which I would consider shortened or nicknames.  Just this morning I have found 'Flossie', 'Lizzie' and 'Betty'. 

There is a chance these are genuine names but, as we know, it all depends on the person registering the death.  It has never occurred to me to search for 'Lizzie' or 'Betty' when trying to find a death record of Elizabeth.

Rishile

[JenB]

I'm not sure if there is a thread somewhere on RC like this but I haven't seen it.  Apologies if there is.

We all have those 'Eureka' moments when we've discovered something by looking at it from a different angle, so could we share them? 

There is a 'Eureka moments' thread here - started only a week or so ago 
http ://www .rootschat. com/forum/index.php/topic,586994.msg4381106.html#msg4381106
Moderator Comment: topics now merged

[CarolA3]

I have been doing some transcribing of 1955 deaths for BMD recently and have discovered that quite a few deaths are registered in names which I would consider shortened or nicknames.  Just this morning I have found 'Flossie', 'Lizzie' and 'Betty'.
There is a chance these are genuine names but, as we know, it all depends on the person registering the death.  It has never occurred to me to search for 'Lizzie' or 'Betty' when trying to find a death record of Elizabeth.

My mother's name is Peggy, which is a recognized nickname/pet name for Margaret.  When she gives her name to, for example, the local council they sometimes try to 'correct' it to Margaret and she then has the hassle of getting it 'uncorrected' - because her name really really honestly is Peggy 

She finds it quite annoying and blames her parents.  I'm just glad I'm not researching her

Carol