Found this document entitled "Selected Bears and Possible Related Families by County (SW-SE) in Pennsylvania, 1700-1800" at <http://www-personal.umich.edu/~dawnbare/Bare_PAbyCo.txt> It contains a lot of references to various spellings of Bear/Barr/Bare/Beer/etc. Susan _________________________________________________________________ Enjoy a special introductory offer for dial-up Internet access — limited time only! http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup