[ANSTHRLD] Name Submission

[Leslie Rose]

The names are all period spellings and the map is written as such.  The name 
she is looking to pass is Failain (it has an accent over the first a)

Does she need to look for another first name or can she mix the two?

Catarina

>From: "Jennifer Smith" <jds at randomgang.com>
>Reply-To: "Heralds List, Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA,Inc." 
><heralds at ansteorra.org>
>To: "'Heralds List, Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc.'" 
><heralds at ansteorra.org>
>Subject: RE: [ANSTHRLD] Name Submission
>Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 13:56:56 -0500
>
> > I have a member wanting to submit her name.  However I have
> > two questions I
> > wish to ask.  The first is she has found the family name she
> > wants in a
> > recently published history book.
> >
> > War, Politics, and the Irish of Leinster, 1156-1606  by Emmett O'Byrne
> >
> > There is a map showing the family's land holdings as well as several
> > different written sections on their dealings in the area.
> >
> > Is this acceptable for documentation?  or do we need to look
> > elsewhere.
>
>It depends. Are the names obviously modern forms, or is it a reproduction 
>of
>an in-period map (or otherwise uses period spellings?) Even if not, it may
>still be useful. Can you tell us what family name in particular she's
>looking at?
>
> > Also I'm having trouble finding her given name Roxana.  Help?
>
>That's a good Greek name. Actually, it's a Greek version of a Persian
>name... Not something you'd find up in Ireland, alas.
>
>-Emma
>
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