In a message dated 9/7/2006 9:47:57 AM Eastern Standard Time, Tribehunter@aol.com writes: When cleaning up surnames on the board, do we put the apostrophe in names such as O'Connor, O'Malley, etc?.....or do we leave it out; OConnor, OMalley. Thanks for your help, Marilyn I'd leave them however the poster entered them although OConnor will not be found in a search in the same way O'CONNOR will. I do think most people researching these names know to try searching for any possible variations. Joan