In a message dated 11/9/2000 3:27:44 PM Pacific Standard Time, cfadlam@ionet.net writes: << One point I don't think has been brought out about this whole Frazier spelling issue is that the old-fashioned type of handwriting made the "s" look like a "z". The writing is beautiful and was almost what we would call "calligraphy" today, but many of the letters could easily have been mistaken by anyone trying to print out or even copy by hand! One of my TN cousins is a volunteer for the International Transcribers' Guild and "transcribes" old documents for RootsWeb. She, even with a lot of experience, says she has a hard time with some of the old handwriting, plus the age of the documents adds to the malformation of letters, etc. Just thought I'd throw one more "reason" for the differences in;) >> Thanks! Great post. Ginny Crawford