Thank you Robert for your comments about the name origins! I have tried somewhat to champion a Scottish/Irish/English beginning for our ancestors and still believe it to be the right direction to be pointed in. I have one spelling almost identical to the one you proposed except it has Mac in front of it. There was a Roland MacAughtrie in Kirkcudsbrightshire Scotland in 1199! Rehardless of how you spell that one, its still MacAutry! My best always, Marshall Autry