This sounds really interesting! I noticed it was quite a distinct change when I notice that some folk started to sign their own names with a "t" instead of a "d." It caused my husband no amount of grief to learn that once apon a time, the name was Dodson. I geuss he's suffered through years of correcting the spelling. Ha, ha, ha! Mary Dotson mdotson@isicns.com Latitude: 38.92622459 degrees Longitude: -77.23786290 degrees Altitude: 6.00633 meters ---------- From: Cheryl Adams <adamscd@ne.infi.net> To: DODSON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Name Spelling Change Date: Monday, July 27, 1998 7:31 PM Hi all! There is a little lady in her 90s around Murpheysboro Tn that I talked to about a year ago(hope she is still here) She is a genealogist and was really intense about the way the Dodson-Dotson name change took place...she alluded to a court issue...and it being misspelled. She insists that all of us/them are really DODSON's --she was very adamant about it..kinda cute really. This 90+ year old lady being in a dither over this... Then she said she'd have to get here records out as her memory wasn't as fresh as it used to be. I will call her (when I find her phone number again--) and we'll see if there is anything to waht she has???? What do ya'll think? Cheryl and Please share the info re the the Dodson move...thanks! ==== DODSON Mailing List ==== Please do NOT send attachments to the list.