Thomas, Recently I read in an introduction to work of a genealogy author, the exact detail of which I am unable to recall at the moment, which stated that until the mid to late 1800's their was no formal system of spelling in the English language. I have seen evidence of this myself while attending an estate auction in a small town in South Dakota. In reading several post-cards, dating to the late 1800's or early 1900's, I noticed that most words where being spelled as they sounded (phonetically). In researching my own genealogy, I also noticed that Haldemann had become Holdeman ("Olde" English), Holderman or even Haldeman. For this reason when I am searching Roots-Web for ancestors, I like to enable Soundex equivalents. Because I currently live in Memphis, TN, last weekend I decided to drive to Pickwick Dam in south-central Tennessee. On the way home, I was pleasantly surprised to pass Gallaway (with an "a"), Tennessee. The Town of Gallaway is 15 miles north-west of Memphis on Hi-way 79, population 762. So who's relative is the founder of this town? I just wish I could find a Galloway connection, the name is all over down here. The Galloway clan seems to have been a very prolific bunch. I counted 31 FedEx employees with the last name. jspulaski1@fedex.com or james.pulaski@worldnet.att.net -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Galloway [mailto:ThomasGalloway%compuserve.com@internet.fedex.com] Sent: Monday, June 22, 1998 7:22 PM To: GALLOWAY-L%rootsweb.com@internet.fedex.com Subject: Ohio Gallaway's Message text written by INTERNET:GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com >Another one of those lurking northern Gallaways (this one with an "a" in the middle). < No connection with what we have for the John Galloway (1700-) tribe. However, as I'm sure you've discovered, in the earlier years you find the spelling flip-flopping between Gallaway and Galloway even among siblings. The same person is often recorded as both throughout their lives, the above named John being no exception.