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Is there a way to add alt. spellings to surname pages?
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i.e. is there a way on, say,
https://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Raymoure
to note that it can also be spelling Raymor / Raymour / Raymore / Ramer / Raymer? Thanks!
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If you will look at the profile for Alexander Ritchie (Ritchie-3037) you will see how alternate spellings are usually managed......Richey, Ritchie are names that commonly have this concern.
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Look at the top right corner. There are alternate spellings there, together with how many individuals carry those spellings.
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Unfortunately, alternate spellings only appear there if WikiTree imported them from WeRelate as part of a variant names list. That hasn't happened with Raymoure.
See
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Variant_Names_Project
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