This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Coupland/Copeland Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ikJ.2ACIB/1112.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Becky, I have found that the older English spelling "Couplands", then in America it became Copeland. My mother was a Copeland on her fathers side, I have our direct line back to 1690, England. The NC>TN>MO. If I can be of any help to you or anyone, I will pass-on whatever I have. Sharron Williams