Alsatian Last Name Marzloff or Martzloff

Question

I have a profile that I am working on for Anna Catherina Marzloff, wife of Moritz Klein.  She was born in Postorf, Alsace, France in 1695.   I have seen two spellings of her last name:  Marzloff and Martzloff.    Does anyone know Alsatian well enough to tell me which one of these spellings is correct for this time period in Alsace.   They were Lutherans and not French Catholics.  I have not found a good Alsacian dictionary. 

Answer 1

If you have original records go with the name of the oldest record as LNAB and use other spellings in the Other Names field. Since people in this area were speaking German it would be more common for the time period to use Martzloff if there is no other way to determine an original spelling. -tz is more archaic than only -z.

Answer 2

Hi G.,

There are others spellings for this Last Name in WikiTree with Alsatian roots:

Marzloff (8 profiles)

Martzloff (28 profiles)

Martsolf (52 profiles)

Marzolf (30)

The easy answer: Use the most common: Martsolf.

Or:

A Project Leader should decide. But, there is no related project !

It'd be a good opportunity to start a project: French Roots or Alsatian Roots here: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Starting_a_Project.