Weird Characters in some French names

Others found:
http://www.geni.com/people/%C3%83%C3%82lisabeth-Marie-Madeleine-dit...
http://www.geni.com/people/Jos%C3%83%C2%A9phat-Madeleine-dit-Ladouc...

I think they are letters with subscripts or superscripts, David--and the font doesn't translate correctly when going from one document to another. The e's probably have accents, and the c likely has that little curve under it that softens it (from a k to an s sound).

Yes, I think you're right.

I wish I could find other profiles that have those characters shown correctly so I can copy and paste to correct them one letter at a time.

Actually it should say:
ç=ç as in Françoise
é=Ã as in Joséphat
É=ÃÂ as in Élisabeth
é=é as in Sauvé

The 2 different spellings of é was probably done by other keys. I tend to use the ALT+Numeric key pad to make the accent marks, but some others may have a French keyboard or copying and pasting from a different website.

I have noticed sometimes I may have Picked a maiden name for a stacked merge that I was completing, and I may have an é, and they have a similar e with the same accent. Instead of showing ONE name, it shows 2 separate names. Her maiden name the way I spell it and her maiden name the way the comanager spells it...looks exactly the same, but I do mine with Alt+Number and they did theirs with a French keyboard.