Spellings of last names really had me confused too when I first started tracing my family history. Before Social Security last names were never spelled exactly the same. Many people could not read or write and names were spelled many different ways depending on who wrote it. One President of the United States said that he never trusted a lawyerwho wasn't intelligent enough to figure out 6 or 8 ways of spelling a name!! After SS, names had to be more exact. There are no "right" or "wrong" spellings before that. You have to go by family names, locations, etc. to make sure you have the right family. ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <ILKNOX-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 6:52 PM Subject: Re: [ILKNOX] Lizzie PAGE > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.counties.knox/2168.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Hello. I have some information about this family. Elizabeth "Lizzie" > Page was born around 1878 to Daniel Thomas Page and Sarah Ellen Stegall. > This is according to the Knox County Census. We have the last name > spelled as "Beresford" but in her father's obituary it is spelled > "Bearsford." I'm not sure of the exact spelling. > In 1927 they were living in Chicago, according to her mother's obituary. > In 1948 they resided in Jacksonville Illinois, according to her brother's > obituary. > > I'm sorry I don't have more than that right now. I've struggled with the > spelling of the last name! I hope I helped a little bit. Feel free to > contact me at > cbwp34@sbcglobal.net if you have any other questions. I'm descended from > the Stegall's and have quite a bit of information. > Jana Grooms > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILKNOX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >