This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VS.2ADI/635.1.1 Message Board Post: My ancesters also came through S. C. then settled in Lowndes County, AL. They spelled the name DeBardelaben and DeBardeleben, various stories surround the spelling differences.