[MR] Scrolls, Promissories and Name Misspellings

[E. L. Wimett]

I think that Gorm meant oanda.sca.org.

And the most useful variant is the name pattern search at 
http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_np.cgi.

As the person who has answered a LOT of the name and armory questions for 
Atlantian scribes over the past seven years, I'd like to add that sometimes 
the individual in question only THINKS the name is misspelled.  A lot of 
people in the Society are spelling challenged and in some cases where they 
originally used a name that was not period and registered something 
slightly --- or significantly --- different, the name may not match their 
expectations but be their actual name.

And, as to the attestation, while the intention of the attestation is to 
prove that the arms (and the name as well, of course) is actually 
registered, not all Tritons have had access to the O & A when signing 
scrolls or had the time to check and trusted that the scribe had checked it 
which was not always true.  And --- in a few unfortunate cases --- Triton 
did not care to contravene the individual or the Crown when they said that 
an incorrect name was correct and signed an attestation that was incorrect. 
. .  And in any case a lot of scrolls --- even peerage scrolls --- are given 
out without the attestation because Triton is not present at the event or 
available to sign the scroll.

Alisoun

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From: "Alan MacNeill" <gormofberra at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 2:29 PM
To: <atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org>
Subject: Re: [MR] Scrolls, Promissories and Name Misspellings

> The definitive source would be op.sca.org for the name spelling and
> device blazon. (or one of it's mirrors)
>
> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Lady Alexandra Scott
> <xndra_scott at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Thank you so much, My Lady ~
>>
>> As I embark on creating scrolls, something I have not done since . . ., 
>> should I
>> use the Herald pages or the OP as a resource.  I am making a scroll for 
>> someone
>> and asked not to share the name.
>>
>> Which is my best resource for the correct spelling, apart from the 
>> individual?
>>
>> Gracously,
>> Alexandra
>>
>>
>>
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