Greetings, As a neophyte to the wonderful world of genealogy, I am constantly confronted with various spellings of a surname and I'm curious as to how important the spelling actually is. Such as, Emma Meinill/Meynell/de Meynell c 1180-c 1218, dau of Robert, wife of Matthew de Hathersage. Searching the various spellings via Google often sends me down a rabbit hole, which is very annoying, and searching Ancestry dot com results in a headache. I'm trying to find out who her mother was and all I've found so far is "Isabel", last name unknown. I'm asking the experts in this group if there are websites (free or otherwise) that can be trusted (with documentation) for information provided. Thanks for any help. Kathy