Surnames/tags: Scotland project



Scotland Project Page > Profile Improvements Team
Welcome to the Scotland PIT CREW aka Project Profile Improvement Teams.
Leader Contact: Doug McCallum UE
Project Coordinator: Linda Peterson
Floating Team Members:-
Profile Improvers
Profile Improvers prefer to work on particular aspect of work on profiles across the whole of Scotland as part of the shared project goal to make Scottish profiles the best that they can be. Where appropriate, team members need to be in the corresponding functional project on WikiTree.
- Please review Profile Standards for Scotland_- Sources Style_Guide
- We use Evidence Explained formatting, based on the Chicago Manual of Style.
- A simple link to a source is not considered a complete source citation.
- The University of Strathclyde citation style is acceptable as an alternative citation format.
- We discourage the use of tables as these also are difficult for less experienced or technically advanced members to edit.
- We use Evidence Explained formatting, based on the Chicago Manual of Style.
- Our Copyright and images guidelines are here
- Arborists Team - Team Leader - Linda Peterson
- Bio-builders Team - Team Leader - Sandy Edwards
- Categories Team - Team Leader - Sheena Tait
- Connectors Team - Team Leader - TBC
- Data Doctors Team - Team Leader - Linda Peterson
- Gedcom Team - Team Leader - TBC
- Sourcerers Team - Team Leader - Sheena Tait
- Login to request to the join the Trusted List so that you can edit and add images.
- Private Messages: Contact the Profile Managers privately: Linda Peterson, Scotland Project WikiTree, and Doug McCallum. (Best when privacy is an issue.)
- Public Comments: Login to post. (Best for messages specifically directed to those editing this profile. Limit 20 per day.)
- Public Q&A: These will appear above and in the Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum. (Best for anything directed to the wider genealogy community.)
Thanks, Bonnie
edited by Elaine (Walling) Goodner
The normal process on WikiTree, and we follow it in the Scotland Project, is to use the spelling from the birth or baptismal document if one is found. It may be that the person used a different spelling later in life, intentionally or not, and those later spellings should be documented in the OLN and CLN fields as appropriate. If there is not a birth record to be found, then we try to find a document that the person themselves had some say in, to show that perhaps that's the spelling they would have used. This is always a bit of a gamble especially when the person was not literate. But if, for example, they signed a document that's the spelling I would use for the LNAB.
If you are working with people who were landed gentry, nobles, etc., there is a page of further explanation here on Scotland - Name Field Guidelines
I hope that helps. Bobbie
If the profile is managed by another member, you'll need to contact them with the source information that supports your suggested changes, as the LNAB can only be changed by the profile manager.
edited by Bobbie (Madison) Hall