I have just discovered the middle name of one of my ancestors on his Civil War record. However, I cannot read part of the name. It is not a middle name like any I have seen so I am assuming and hoping that it is a family name, like his mother maiden name. If any of you have ever seen this name or one similar...help me spell it correctly so I might be able to track it down. It looks like this Wartif _ _ _ r. or Wartif _ _ r. As I said the missing letters are hard to read. it might be: Wartifuer Wartifiur Wartifieer Wartifinr Any ideas??? Too many humps and bumps and perhaps one little dot! Meg Meg de Mougin Midwest Institute Academy of Arts Co-Director "Imagination Education for Creative Children" Please visit the web site my students and I designed: http://www.gsh.org/schools/USA/IN/MIA4343 Indiana Orff Schulwerk Association web site: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/6131