Dear Coy in out family line both the boys and the girls are use this spelling depending on how the parents spelled , and if sometimes the fathers name was Frances they just used that for the dau as well. real confusing as we were lookin for a Frances ( thought boy) for years and when it was finalyy didcovered it was our Frances Mae Hodges , but she had went by here middle name so we had hadher all along. happy hunting Christy ----- Original Message ----- From: Coy B Hodge Sr <chodge@NorthState.Net> To: <HODGES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 25, 1999 2:04 PM Subject: Re: [HODGES-L] New Hodges > Hi Sharon, long time since we wrote each other. > > Someone on the list correct me if I am incorrect please. > > Frances - Male > Francis - Female > > Coy Hodge > Thomasville, NC > > > > At 12:49 PM 7/25/99 -0400, you wrote: > >In a message dated 07/25/1999 3:05:18 AM US Mountain Standard Time, > >khodge@gdi.net writes: > > > ><< My immigrant ancestor is Frances Hodge, b. 1745 in Co. Antrim, > > Ireland and entered the US in 1772. I have a lot of data on him after this > > time but have been unable to find anything in Ireland. >> > > > >Hi Ken -- Do you know if any of your Frances' relatives migrated into the > >Pembrokeshire, Wales area? The name Frances seems to run through generations > >in my line, though I think it's more a woman's name. Sharon > > > > >