I'm sorry I can't remember the name of the person having so much trouble finding her people because of name changes, etc. I would like to relate a sitution we have run across. A "cousin" and I had a pretty good guess that her gg-grandfather and mine were the eldest and youngest sons of Levi....In 1850 His oldest son was also named Levi. We were never able to find this son again anywhere. She knew her man was Leven T. and an older man in the county carried this name but was not the father. (I have to add this name follows both our lines down 3 generations). Levi #2 and Leven T were the same age. Since Levi #1 died when these sons were under 18, we surmised maybe Levi #2 changed his name to his ? Uncle Leven's name and maybe that had already been a family name back another generation. (there is yet an earlier one). But what to do? She finally found a CW record and sent for the pension. In the Military record and widow's pension record he is listed as Leven T. BUT she stated " this is not the name he was borned with"! Now, in this family another son was Theodore...never found him again. In the pension records I will send to you next, I found a Theodore....also known as Edward L. ??? Could this be our long lost Theodore? Did these older boys both change their names? Why? Strange things happen and we just have to keep plugging along hoping we will ferret out the truth someway, someday. Carleen