> Colin Butters <colinbutters@fwchalloner.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: > > Dear Madam, > I have distant relatives with the name Arlidge > but I suspect that somewhere down the line, there may have been a > change of spelling from Arledge. This has happened with my > grandfathers name which was Challoner but his parents marriage > certificate has the names as Challener. I have not seen the name > Arlidge with an 'i' in any other literature. Are you interested in > any more details or is Arlidge a dead end for you? > > Colin Butters > Gloucester > England > > Dear Colin, Ah, you ask a very interesting question! From what I have been able to gather, both ARLEDGE and ARLIDGE are derivations of ALDRIDGE/ALDRICH that occurred sometime in the 17th-19th centuries. It is apparent that ARLIDGE (with an "i") is the primary norm in England, while ARLEDGE (with an "e") is the norm for the changed form of the name in the southern U.S. The names changed from ALDRIDGE/ALDRICH independently, and so are therefore only connected as they may have a common ancestor in the medieval days. There are occasional exceptions to the spellings, but this is the primary trend. I personally don't know much about the ARLIDGE family in the British Isles, though we have had a few correspondents representing that group from time to time. If you come across any web sites dedicated to ARLIDGE history, I would be pleased to link them to our ARLEDGE web site. Thanks, and best wishes! Pam Wilson wilsonpam@mindspring.com Marietta, GA List Administrator, EFSS-L (Early Families in Southern States), HOLBERT-L and LAWLER-L through Rootsweb.com Associate list administrator, Arledge/Aldridge list (arledge@tx3.com): to join, go to http://www.tx3.com/~arledge/subscr.htm Coordinator, Arledge Family History Project http://www.geocities.com/wilson_pam/ (Note in October 2000: Please note new URL for this site. If some links are not working, please bear with me. Yahoo, who recently bought out Geocities, has changed their set up, resulting in the need for me to go in and re-configure all the internal links. This will be a gradual process. Please let me know if there is specific information that you cannot access and I'll be glad to email it. Thanks!) Arledge Family History database on Rootsweb's WorldConnect: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=wilsonpam.