What do I do about name Cleford-1

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This is the son of Charles Clifford and Jane Goddard, his baptism name is Cleford, so error in records do I leave it as birth name or change it to Clifford.

June Clifford

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WikiTree profile: William Clifford
in Genealogy Help by June Clifford G2G4 (4.1k points)

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As it is his LNAB best to leave and have Clifford as current last name. You don’t know how many other family members also were mis-written. This way both spellings will show up in a search for him.
by Living Poole G2G Astronaut (1.3m points)
selected by Rubén Hernández
Thanks for the star Ruben

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