Fellow Listers: I would like to canvas the list here to see if anyone here has heard of a family by the name of Craigo/Crag/Crago . In my endeavors to search out info on my Craig roots, I have run into these folks many times. Anyway, to make a long posting short, here is what I have run across. I have been looking imparticularly for a Lewis Craig. His exact age, I do not know. I have no birth certificate, no death certificate. I only have a copy of the probate papers that lists the items of his estate that were sold. And some items were set aside for the widow and children. That's how I know that he died here in Preble County, Ohio. The County Clerk has no death certificate, only has his name in a death book; that's all. However, I do have a copy of my great grandfather's death certificate which gives Lewis as being his father. And Margaret (Bulger) Craig as being his Mother. My Great grandfather's Name is Amos Craig. So that would make Lewis my great-great grandfather. As best guess, I would say that Lewis died sometime in July of 1858. The probate papers were filed on the 31st of July 1858. In 1858 his wife Margaret was 30 years of age. So I am speculating that Lewis was fairly close to being 30 hisself. Anyway, I ran across several Lewis Craigs and followed them only to find they were the wrong Lewis Craig for me. I had found a Lewis Craigo, and got to doing some digging on him and some folks doing research on the Craigo/Crago line have told me that the Craigo's some time way back, had a dispute among some of their family members, and some of them dropped the "O" from their name to dis-associate themselves from the rest of the family that they had a falling out with, and that was where the Craigs came from. No one seems to know what the big dispute was over though. I hope that I have told the story here correctly. Anyway, I thought instead of taking their word for it, that I would come straight to the horses mouth, so to speak, and see what the folks on the Craig List had to say about this thing with the Craigo's. My intent here is not to start anything, or have the two family's quibbling over who was first and who stemmed from what family ...... I'd just like to hear the Craig side of the story. I have only been digging on my Craig roots for about 2 years now. I am not an old hand at this. I imagine only 2 years of digging might qualify me as a rookie. I don't know everything that there is to know, or even close to it. So, could any of you folks here on the Craig List give me your feelings on this Craig/Craigo/Crago name changing family feud thing ???? Have any of you heard this story before ???? Is someone taking me on a snipe hunt here ????? Thanks, Doug

I have never heard of any Craigo in my lines. Vicki Vaughn archerev@accessus.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas E. Smith" <douglas@infinet.com> To: <CRAIG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 11:16 PM Subject: [CRAIG-L] Name Changing > Fellow Listers: > > I would like to canvas the list here to see if anyone here > has heard of a family by the name of Craigo/Crag/Crago . In my > endeavors to search out info on my Craig roots, I have run into > these folks many times. Anyway, to make a long posting short, > here is what I have run across. I have been looking > imparticularly for a Lewis Craig. His exact age, I do not know. > I have no birth certificate, no death certificate. I only have > a copy of the probate papers that lists the items of his estate > that were sold. And some items were set aside for the widow and > children. That's how I know that he died here in Preble County, > Ohio. The County Clerk has no death certificate, only has his > name in a death book; that's all. However, I do have a copy of > my great grandfather's death certificate which gives Lewis as > being his father. And Margaret (Bulger) Craig as being his > Mother. > My Great grandfather's Name is Amos Craig. So that would make > Lewis my great-great grandfather. As best guess, I would say that > Lewis died sometime in July of 1858. The probate papers were > filed on the 31st of July 1858. In 1858 his wife Margaret was 30 > years of age. So I am speculating that Lewis was fairly close to > being 30 hisself. > > Anyway, I ran across several Lewis Craigs and followed them > only to find they were the wrong Lewis Craig for me. I had found > a Lewis Craigo, and got to doing some digging on him and some > folks doing research on the Craigo/Crago line have told me that > the Craigo's some time way back, had a dispute among some of > their family members, and some of them dropped the "O" from their > name to dis-associate themselves from the rest of the family that > they had a falling out with, and that was where the Craigs came > from. No one seems to know what the big dispute was over though. > > I hope that I have told the story here correctly. Anyway, I > thought instead of taking their word for it, that I would come > straight to the horses mouth, so to speak, and see what the folks > on the Craig List had to say about this thing with the Craigo's. > > My intent here is not to start anything, or have the two > family's quibbling over who was first and who stemmed from what > family ...... I'd just like to hear the Craig side of the story. > > I have only been digging on my Craig roots for about 2 years > now. I am not an old hand at this. I imagine only 2 years of > digging might qualify me as a rookie. I don't know everything > that there is to know, or even close to it. So, could any of you > folks here on the Craig List give me your feelings on this > Craig/Craigo/Crago name changing family feud thing ???? Have any > of you heard this story before ???? Is someone taking me on a > snipe hunt here ????? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Doug > > > ==== CRAIG Mailing List ==== > All material sent through Craig-L > is copyright 2000 by its original author > permission must be obtained from the original author > for the reuse of any text, "whole or in part". > Craig Genealogy Web Page > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/9791 > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ >