We have managed to track my family back as far as my great, great, great, great grandfather, but no more. Part of the problem is that we are not sure if our family name was the same when our ancestors were in England, or if it was changed. Joseph Sutlive lived in North Carolina from around 1780 until his death in 1824. We know he was a Methodist. Everyone we know of who has a surname spelled like ours - SUTLIVE - is a descendant of Joseph Sutlive. I have not been able to find anyone in the UK with a surname spelled the same as ours, although there are many similar. Do any of you know of anyone in the UK with a surname spelled like ours?

> We have managed to track my family back as far as my great, great, great, > great grandfather, but no more. Part of the problem is that we are not sure > if our family name was the same when our ancestors were in England, or if it > was changed. Joseph Sutlive lived in North Carolina from around 1780 until > his death in 1824. We know he was a Methodist. Everyone we know of who has a > surname spelled like ours - SUTLIVE - is a descendant of Joseph Sutlive. I > have not been able to find anyone in the UK with a surname spelled the same > as ours, although there are many similar. Do any of you know of anyone in the > UK with a surname spelled like ours? The BT phone disk (which does not include ex-directory number holders) lists no SUTLIVEs. There is one entry for SUTLEFF, and quite a few for SUTLIFF. I recommend the genuki search engine at www.genuki.org.uk/search.html . This searches records listed on family history society sites, and also all the county surname interest lists (SILs). Interestingly - and probably significantly - there is no mention on any SIL. The one entry is Sutlive wife of Robert aged 60, 1695..83 at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/northowram/burialsOH.html a listings of burials in North Owram, Yorkshire. Trying SUTLIFF, though, gives several references - and some are also in North Owram, showing it was a variant even then. -- Wendy Archer wharcher@cvd.co.uk Marlow, Bucks, UK List owner OXFORDSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com