Emma, Please show these different spellings you have encountered. I have tried to think of every kind of spelling/misspelling and I STILL can't find important people in my 2nd great-grandfather's family! Thanks, Janice, Marietta, GA On 7/26/05 9:59 PM, "steve-emma@mchsi.com" <steve-emma@mchsi.com> wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: > Coker,Couger,Shaffer,Jenkins,Woods,Maddex,Smith,McFetridge,Conger,Allen,X2 > jenkins,schoolcraft > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BVJ.2ACIB/1288.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Dear Kathy - > > I am not sure if I will be much help , but hear it goes... > > I my 13 year search into my Coker family I have come accross 37 different > way's too spell Coker . Quite often the > the difference is just an incorrect entry by the person recording the > information . Just within my family there are 7 different way's to spell > Coker, & all within the past 150 years! > > > So there is a great posibility that your John Coker/Croker > are the same person ! You can look for thing's like his recorded date of > birth (if it is with-in a 5 year area ) the names of him parent's as recorded > in the records, & the place of birth with in a 1 state area ... > > I hope that I have been a help of some sort too you ! > > Please let me know if I can be of any otheer help too you. > > God Bless - > > Emma > > > > > ==== COKER Mailing List ==== > Subscription management instructions are posted at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/c/coker.html > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >