I was looking for BIBBY, my mother's maiden name but find her father was christened Alfred BIBEY. All brothers and sisters were christened BIBBY. All born in Glamorgan, South Wales around 1902-1906. Alfred originally from Gloucestershire. Has anyone had the same experience? briancoxon@aol.com

Brian, I too am researching the surname Bibby, coincidentally also in Wales. My Bibby family originate from Flint, North Wales and I have managed to trace them back as far as a marriage in 1753 in Gt. Neston, Cheshire(just over the river Dee from Flint). However the point is that by that time the spelling of the surname had changed to Bibye. The children were all christened Bibby. I think that the surnames we have today are not necessarily the original surnames. there would have been errors in transcription and the degree of literacy then would not have been as great as it is today. Hope this helps Steve -----Original Message----- From: BRIANCOXON@aol.com [mailto:BRIANCOXON@aol.com] Sent: 22 August 2002 22:58 To: BIBBY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BIBBY] Re: BIBBY-D Digest V02 #17 I was looking for BIBBY, my mother's maiden name but find her father was christened Alfred BIBEY. All brothers and sisters were christened BIBBY. All born in Glamorgan, South Wales around 1902-1906. Alfred originally from Gloucestershire. Has anyone had the same experience? briancoxon@aol.com