This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BENEKER, BEAVER, TIPTON, GARCIA THOME, FETTER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VW.2ADE/967.2.1 Message Board Post: Hi Alma, You did just fine! Many thanks for all that you did find. It really helps a lot... even if it raises several more questions. But, that's one of the rules of genealogy. The different spellings of the names are something I've found a lot of, from the DC's, birth records, Census; all of those names appear variously from time to time, and not always chronologically but whimsically. It makes for a very interesting family story. What's REALLY interesting is that this was a very close-knit family group, with couples divorcing and re-marrying each other's brothers and sisters.