Thomas, Just scanning this site quickly, I noticed the following two surname variations in the first paragraph, "Barony de Rapho": Lindsey & Lindsay; mcffarlen & mcffarlan. Most like there are others. These could be transcription errors, but we wouldn't now without seeing the original document. We all know that the early U.S. census takers were known for their "creative spelling", as well as notoriously bad handwriting, so why not the 17th century roll takers? And, of course, most people had no idea how to spell their own names. My husband's g-g-grandfather (who didn't read or write) is known to have gone from the surname Nicholas to Nichols to Nickless within a 20 year span! Marilyn -----Original Message----- From: TCraw2000@aol.com <TCraw2000@aol.com> To: CRAWFORD-L@rootsweb.com <CRAWFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, September 11, 1999 7:37 AM Subject: Re:spell.surname > Their is a Muster Roll of the County Donegal 1630 at >http://members.aol.com/Manus/dngl1630.html A paragraph >there titled >Sword and Calleuer lists about 56 men and in side of this paragraph are the >names >John Crawfford,Thomas Crafford,Robert Craufourd,and Duncan Crafford. I have >seen >the Crawford name spelled many ways, but never three different ways in the >same paragraph of Crawfords who must had been neighbors or at least from the >same Barony. I can only speculate. Can anyone help me out??? > Thomas >Crawford > >