Ida, I have not really searched BRIDGES families. Most of my information was sent to me by other researchers. Yes, I am familiar with the variations of name spellings many of which were misunderstandings of verbal information given to scribes. An example is my grandfather (lots of greats) Burwell DAVIS. Many of his descendants were named Burrell. That was the way the name was pronounced. Another example is the name TALIAFERRO which was later TOLLIVER. Claud Eaton Time flies like and arrow, fruit flies like a banana.