Re: Spelling change Snavely to Snavley
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Spelling change Snavely to Snavley
Karen Snavley 10/28/07
Snavely or Snavley actually started as Schnebli. From what I was told through Ancestor.com the spellings were changed through the taking of the census. Or it could have just been a miss spelling of the 'e' and 'l'.As names were pronounced a guessing of their spelling were created as the person who took the census, back then it was door to door, wasn't sure how to spell some of the names. Some names were 'Americanized' once they came to America. I also have a family name that was changed by one letter as two brothers decided they didn't like each other and wanted their names changed. The name was pronounced the same but the spelling different by one letter.