I'm sorry, Pat, but the Isom/Isam I am referring to never, ever, ever used the named Isham. I know my stuff! Mike -----Original Message----- From: Patricia A Torrance <editor-patter@juno.com> To: BLANKENSHIP-L@rootsweb.com <BLANKENSHIP-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, September 04, 2000 8:16 PM Subject: Re: [BLANKENSHIP] Lodowick's children >Dear Mike, > >I don't know about "mixing up" the Isham/Isam/Isom/Isaiahs. I have >found one court record in Jennings County,Indiana where two different >spellings were used, as well as Isaiah for the same man. One thing I >have learned over the years is that there are no spelling absolutes in >genealogy. You must be open to accept that everyone didn't have an >education and words were frequently spelled the way they sounded. Just >as Molly is also called Polly, and Martha and Patsy are the same person, >I believe that Isam/Isom and Isham can be interchanged. I just pay >attention to the location and the date to sort them out. > >Pat > > >==== BLANKENSHIP Mailing List ==== >http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/i/c/Elva-M-Picklesimer/ Here you can find descendants of Rachel BLANKENSHIP. >