Hans Moser

[Snautzer]

Originally Posted by Rottler

Hi Steven,

the spelling of a first name in a death card is no proof for the correctness. Authoritative is the official spelling in the birth certificate which is not present to us.

Regards
Leo

Church records?

[Rottler]

I meant that the documents of a registry office are relevant.

Regards
Leo

[RolandF]

Death cards were meant to represent the name under which the person was known by friends and family and maybe also by his squadron mates. Those names can be quite different to the official names in church records or other "official" sources.
My grandfather - the wartime generation - e.g. was baptised as Friedrich (Fritz) but everybody knew him as Otto. I knew him under no other name and this was regarded as official name. You may just guess what would have been written in the respective documents if he had fallen in WWII...

Regards
RolandF

[Steve D.]

Hi Leo

Thank you for your help.