In doing this thing which we all love, and knowing the way people are today.... I can not help but stop and wonder how many of our family members that we think we are looking for use either their middle name for all legal documents or a nickname....these all being the name of which we have known the individual by or find their name in these legal documents. We have found several family members that in today's world are doing just that... using their initials or middle name as their first. Bill for William Butch for Wesley Dick for Richard So the question we might have at this time is could our Ransom being born in 1797, not be using his first name? Jim