There are also Baites and Baytis. Tony In message <8ef865af.24c63818@aol.com>, SBates1011@aol.com writes > >--part1_8ef865af.24c63818_boundary >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Nancy. Off the top of my head some of the early names were Bate, Bateman, >Betts, I would have to look up in my records more on it, if you wish? It >may take a few weeks as I am loaded with requests right now. sincerely Sandy >Bates > >--part1_8ef865af.24c63818_boundary >Content-Type: message/rfc822 >Content-Disposition: inline > >Return-Path: <BATES-L-request@rootsweb.com> >Received: from aol.com (rly-yh03.mail.aol.com [172.18.147.35]) by > air-yh04.mx.aol.com (v60.14) with ESMTP; Tue, 20 Jul 1999 16:18:38 > -0400 >Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by > rly-yh03.mx.aol.com (v60.18) with ESMTP; Tue, 20 Jul 1999 16:18:29 > -0400 >Received: (from slist@localhost) > by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA25899; > Tue, 20 Jul 1999 13:16:18 -0700 (PDT) >Resent-Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 13:16:18 -0700 (PDT) >Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 15:58:39 -0400 >From: Nancy Gay Crawford <memec@planters.net> >X-Sender: memec@planters.net >Old-To: BATES-L@rootsweb.com >Message-id: <3.0.3.32.19990720155839.006a94c0@planters.net> >MIME-version: 1.0 >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.3 (32) >Content-type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >Subject: [BATES-L] Surname History >Resent-Message-ID: <tUo4UB.A.ZUG.SkNl3@bl-14.rootsweb.com> >To: BATES-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: BATES-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <BATES-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/763 >X-Loop: BATES-L@rootsweb.com >Precedence: list >Resent-Sender: BATES-L-request@rootsweb.com >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Does anyone on this list have a history of the BATES name? >I am interested in it's origin and the different spelling >variations. > >Thank you, >Nancy > > >--part1_8ef865af.24c63818_boundary-- > -- Tony Bates tonyb@woodcock-bates.demon.co.uk http://members.tripod.com/Tony_Bates http://www.woodcock-bates.demon.co.uk/