I have only my thoughts on this subject. No Facts! I would assume they might be relatives in which somewhere their names are spelled differently because of family disassociation or some official somewhere spelled it different because the people didn't know how to read or write. Officials probably spelled it the way the people pronouned it or the way it sounded to them. People have different accents and words sound differently because of them. My Redmon surname was spelled Redmond back about 3 or 4 generations ago. Some still spell it with the D but they aren't close relatives. You heard rumors about disassociation because of horse theives or family feuds. Some people in family just didn't won't to be known to be part of someones family. That's the best I can do with way some are Yons and some are Yohns. Janice Redmon Smith --- JDDIHWRR@aol.com wrote: > Liz, > Sorry to barge in on this string of rememberances, I > have my own also, but > can you tell me when the difference in the Yon and > Yohn family names? > My mother's first husband was a B. J. Yohn and I > have a 1/2 sister from that > marriage. > My mother is from just across the State Line in > Geneva Co., and my father, > Alcus Dukes, was born and raised in Holmes Co. and > married Margaret Jane > Andrews. > I still have a couple of cousins in Holmes. > The reason I was curious about the different > spellings of Yon/Yohn is that in > my research, I come acrosss both in basically the > same area. > If you have any insight I would love to hear from > you. > Your Holmes County "Cousin" - Jerry Dale Dukes. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com