Hi, In Washington Co., Ohio almost all the deed records have been transcribed as COREY but when you compare the names it is certain they are COVEY. I have found this to be true in many places and feel it might be the problem with loosing the early Coveys. I have never found one starting with "K" which at least keeps us in the same beginning letter but I have found the following possibilities: Corey, Coney, Couvey, Covy, Cove, Covee, Couveigh, Couve I used to write to Mrs. Quest and I think a lot of her research was based on things sent to her from other researchers, at least for the later years. I'm not sure about the early generation or two. Rita -----Original Message----- From: jnc <jnc@jps.net> To: COVEY-L@rootsweb.com <COVEY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, May 04, 1999 8:32 PM Subject: Re: CoRey? >One way to check spelling aberrations is by going through the alphabetical >listings of: > >"Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families, 1620-1700" >compiled by Frank R. Holmes and published by Baltimore Genealogical >Publishing Co., 1964 > >It's a start anyway. >==================================================== >At 06:46 PM 5/4/99 -0700, you wrote: >>Two questions: >>1. Has anyone come across the confusion of the names COVEY and COREY in >>their research? >>2. On what research do most of us base our informaion for early Coveys - >>I am thinking mainly of the Hope Covey line from MA>RI>etc - is tithe >>Quist book 0r original looking into the town records or what? >> >>thanks for your input. Still sorting things out. >>Denise Sallee >> >> >> >