In the homestead papers for my GGrandfather his name is spelled several different ways. I'm assuming that there were lots of people that couldn't read or write to correct the mistakes. Lynn & Jan James <[email protected]> wrote: Is there a Thomas R. Jones that lived in Searcy Co.? I sent away for land records and half show a Thomas R. Jones and the other half of the papers say it's Thomas R. James. He's born about 1878. It fits my Thomas R. James but the paperwork states he had 2 children and Thomas James had 3. Jan James ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com