Lori, Yes, many KOCH families began spelling their namd COOK in later years, along with some other inventive spellings and pronunciations as well. Dean On Fri, 31 Aug 2001 14:48:27 -0500 "Lori" <[email protected]> writes: > > KOCH, John > > HI Sheila, > Just curious if KOCH is an alternate spelling you have found for > COOK?? I am > learning that our ancestors used a wide variety of spellings for > their > surnames, and this is a new one for me. > > Thanks. > Lori > Researching Pierce/Pearce, Cook, DeShazo, Simons, > Gilliland/Gillian/Gilland/Gillam, Stokes, Sparks, Faulkner/Falkner, > Bolling/Bowling/Bolland/Bollen/Bowls. Other lines: Purcell, Waldrop, > Jones, > Vawter, Strain. E:mail: [email protected] if that bounces, use > [email protected] > > > ==== COOK Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >