Spes/Spur means illegitimate and isn't a name?
Spur is an abbreviation of the Latin word Spurius, which means illegitimate. It is not part of the name, but rather a designation. Often, it looks like Spes and follows the given name. This designation often follows the individual throughout their life and into the records of their children's lives.
It would be nice if those indexing German records were aware of this fact and refrain from indexing it as part of the name.
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@Maile L Can you please get a message to FS to provide a fix for this problem https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/147934/is-it-possible-to-let-indexers-of-german-records-know-spes-spur-means-illegitimate-and-isnt-a-name#latest I think it would be worth the time and effort to correct all the German records even those already published
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Thank you!
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In order to look into your complaint, I need a specific collection or images that have been indexed incorrectly.
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Any collection with Latin records, such as every collection that includes Roman Catholic registers, is subject to this error, regardless of what country it's from. The likelihood of FS being able to fix it effectively is ...nil.
And spurius/spuria is just the tip of the iceberg. Without any claim to completeness, I have encountered all of the following misindexed as people's names: pater ignotus, gemelli, mortuus, posthumus, vidua/viduus, quondam/condam, filius/filia, ....
Going forward, I suppose better indexing instructions might help, but probably not nearly as much as we'd like, because people don't read.
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I have another one for you, Julia. On some Irish church registers, a priest or clerk has created a cross-reference list, many years after the original registers were created. The registers are in English or Latin or a combination. The cross-reference list has headings in Irish. Since it is a cross-reference list, one column is headed féach, the equivalent of c.f. or see also. It has been indexed, every time, as a placename.
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