Hi Everyone! I have been busy and finally got all the names you have sent me compiled and will give you what I found. I have a few (5) that sound similar but are spelled different: Gardner and Gardener McCrea and McCray Brizel and Brazel Hendricks and Hendrix Stephens and Stevens If you are the one with one of the sound alikes and want more info let me know. I Found the following matching surnames SURNAME PEOPLE WITH THE MATCHING NAME SNOW Albert.Gardner and AZDEE TAYLOR Gryphon, Dshindelar, Guardian FW and Albert.Gardner HILL Gryphon and Dshindelar WILLIAMS Deshindelar; rficklin; i-luv-angels; and GuardianFW STORMS Dshindelar and AZDEE WHITE Gryphon; LKSearcy; and Dshindelar BERRY Gryphon; Sjmchugh; and AZDEE WOOD Gryphon; Kim-Den; and IamDLW FORD Kwilter 809; and Scott.Fowler MOODY Gryphon and AZDEE SPENCE/SPENCER Gryphon; LKSearcy; Seracen2; and Sjmchugh COOK/COOKE GuardianFW; and Kim-Den PERRY Kim-Den and Kwilter 809 HOWE/HOWES wferretr and LKSearcy BALLARD Pbl3gkah and rficklin ROBINSON ScottFowler and pigrace WALSH wferretr and rficklin MURRAY symchugh and azdee I dont know if you will find any cousins in the group but it never hurts to check. I just matched them, from there you are all on your own :-)) The majority of mine ended up in IL, Moody was from ENG Murray, Martha J from TN>KY>IL Hall- I have two family groups. Louiza Hall married J.E. Denton Vera Marie Hall b. 22 Feb 1890 Berry, IL--d. 28 May 1959 Hannibal MO Father---Jacob Hall Mother ---Elizabeth Spouse----Julius Anderson Brown I have a question for all of you. Do you want to go thru the list to check out matches or get the address of the individual? Just let me know ! Tomorrow morninig I will post a new lesson for the beginners. I believe learning the language of genealogy might be interesting, and take a lot of confusion away as you search. Today's site of interest will be at the internet site at <A HREF="http://www2.cy-net.net/~bga/stlinks.html">Brazos Genealogical Associ ation, Brazos Co Te...</A> http://www2.cy-net.net/~bga/stlinks.html It has searchable data bases all over the world. It is a good place to search Here is one of the searchable places from this link- its great if your realtives were from IL Illinois Ancestor Exchange Purpose of Illinois Ancestor Exchange: To provide family historians with a way to contact one another for research about Illinois residents. Data included is limited to name, approx. year of birth and Illinois county of residence. Please contact the submitter directly for additional information about the listings. -------------------------------------------------------------- Birth County Of Surname Given Name Year Residence -------------------------------------------------------------------- CYR Bonnie 1947 Cook --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Cernosek, Bonnie Email: [email protected] Address:1855 Chippendale Road Hoffman Estates, IL 60195 Other Surnames from this submitter: Surname Given Name Year Residence -------------------------------------------------------------------------- BANDY Henry Franklin 1879 Greene BANDY Robert James 1857 Greene CYR Bonnie 1947 Cook DRUMMOND Benjamin 1799 Greene DRUMMOND Lucinda 1826 Greene FORD Eldorado 1857 Greene FORD William Franklin 1821 Greene HENDERSON Amy Ann 1821 Greene HENDERSON Daniel 1781 Greene JONES Emma/Amy 1811 Greene ROSE Sarah/Sally 1806 Greene STOUT John Hardin 1820 Greene STOUT, JR. John Hardin 1847 Greene WATTS Fannie 1848 Greene WATTS Jane 1795 Greene WELLS Mary A. 1831? Greene WELLS Robert 1803 Greene WELLS Robert 1821 Greene