Pruning Request - Tydings and Tidings Lines

Question

When the same familes can be found with two spellings, how is it determined how the profile will be named?  I started reviewing the Tydings lines, and made suggestions for merges, then discovered some of the some people seemed to be represented on the Tidings lines.  

 

I admit to being a bit out of my league, and would love to see an arborist could sort this out?  

 

The research of Fredric Z. Saunders found at http://home.netcom.com/~fzsaund/tydings.html

may be very helpful for pruning the trees of the Tidings and Tydings families.  

Answer 1

Tammy,

The general rule on wikitree is to use the spelling that a) appeared on their birth record (if you've got one)-- or the other earliest document contemporary to their time, and/or b) the spelling the person used themselves during their life time.

It could also be that they were born Tydings and died Tidings. ;-)

Answer 2

Added the arborists tag to your question.