Sue, I am sorry but could not find any reference to "Alcy or Elcy." We do know that many times names were spelled as the writer heard them.. not as they were actually spelled. Maybelle Delivered-to: rmallen@thevision.net >Resent-Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 01:32:57 -0800 (PST) >From: Mid101074@aol.com >Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 04:42:24 EST >Old-To: ARSCOTT-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: Nickname Lookup >X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 4 >To: ARSCOTT-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: ARSCOTT-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <ARSCOTT-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/676 >X-Loop: ARSCOTT-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-Sender: ARSCOTT-L-request@rootsweb.com > >Maybelle: > >I sure would appreciate a lookup in your book for "Alcy or Elcy." I thought I >had seen all the various nicknames, but this one has me stumped. Is it short >for "Alice" or "Elsie" or did someone just not know how to spell properly? >Thanks! > >Sue > > >