Pat Jones: Hi-my g grandfather did the same with the spelling of his surname. The Griffiths came from Scotland and immigrated to Pa. A majority of the family staid in Pa.using the same spelling but my g grandparents migrated into Illinois where he dropped the 's' from the name. This was due to the death threats received from the 'Mollie Maguires'. He feared for his life and that of his wife and family and evidently thought this would make some kind of difference with the change. So while I'm researching I have to use both spellings. I believe my g grandfather had an uncle that moved to Ohio, I think his name was Frank....however I only found this name mentioned just once in a letter by my grandfather but have very little info on this so I'm not even sure this was a Griffith. Norma E. Leibold: Southern California ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Jones" <riverrat111@earthlink.net> To: <GRIFFITH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 6:08 AM Subject: Re: [GRIFFITH] 1st Posting re: this family > You did fine. I will tell you my one problem with the name Griffith is the > spelling. My husband's family is Griffiths and I had a branch I knew was in > the Cin OH area. I even had letters from them. I never really noticed the > one man's signature on his letters to his brother. It seems that he dropped > his s as did several of the others when they went to Cin. Now knowing to ck > for not only the Griffiths but the Griffith name I found them listed in > directories in Northern KY and the Cin area. > Good luck with your William E. Griffith. I have one I finally found in NKY > and hope to get his d/c on my nxt trip down to our son's home in NKY > Pat Jones > riverrat111@earthlink.net > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <SmokeSignalz@aol.com> > To: <GRIFFITH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 5:22 AM > Subject: [GRIFFITH] 1st Posting re: this family > > > > Hello Fellow Listmembers, > > I'm a beginning genealogist, so I hope I'm doing this post correctly. > > I'm looking for the parents/ancestors of the following man: > > > > William (middle initial possibly E.) GRIFFITH, born 7-11-1851 in > > Mineral Springs, AR. Died 3-22-1936 in ?Seminole? County, OK. > > Buried in Hominy, OK. > > > > He was married 12-24-1879 (by James Musgrave, a relative) to > > Sarah Frances "Fannie" WALDEN, born 1-17-1862 in Mineral Springs, AR. > > > > William is my gggrandfather, and has been a real brick wall for me. I'll > > truly > > appreciated any help or suggestions. Thanks! Jeanette, Sacramento, CA > > > > > > ==== GRIFFITH Mailing List ==== > > No Advertising on this list, no rude remarks, no chain letters, no virus > warnings! > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ==== GRIFFITH Mailing List ==== > Get more from your posts, include who, what, when where... > > Please remember to change the subject line, when the subject changes. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >