In a message dated 8/11/2002 5:13:38 PM Central Daylight Time, lkaj426@bellsouth.net writes: > my last name is Trahan which has many differt spellings could they be the > same as my last name which is also spelled Trahern and many other ways > Hello ikaj426, in the Index of the Spanish Archives of West Florida from 1780 to 1810 that I recently came across, I encountered many references with the name Trahan. Whether these Trahan's are related to the Trahern or Trahorn mentioned previously, I don't know but it would seem logical to me. John Craven New Orleans