Hi Sometimes unusual names can help prove family lines. I spent 5 years trying to prove that a William BORRILL who died in Hull in 1846 was the William BORRILL born in Grimoldby Lincs in 1787. Eventually there were about 10 of us pooling information trying to proove this point. William appeared to move around a lot with possible children born in several places in Lincolnshire and Bawtry. The suspicion they were one and the same William was the use of biblical names, William used Eve, Saul, Rebecca and Adam and this connected him back to his possible father John, who had also used biblical names for some of his children Moses, Rebecca, Joseph, Mark and Matthew along with the more common Ann, Mary, James and John's used by both. Eventually we had enough evidence to link nine children to William and connect them back to the Lincolnshire line. The spellings of unusual names can be frustrating to, my gggrandmother was Selicia [still not 100% sure this is how her first name should be spelt] SHIPLEY nee BRADFORD. Her birth was regisered in 1843 Solilia BRELESFORD and death in 1923 as Selici[a_] SHIPLEY and spelt lots of different ways inbetween Selina [1851], Delicia [1861] Selecha [mar], Selicha [1871], Selicha [1881], Cecilia [1891], Selecha [1901] Celicia [1911] I opted for Selicia as it was listed on a baby naming site, though Selicha apparently is Hebrew for 'excuse/pardon me' I welcome any other explanations/choices/input on the spelling of this name. Maria