The same people used different spellings.  My grandfather used the Scanlan spelling, but at that time people changed the family spelling to Scanlon.  I cannot read my father's bc because the writing is strange to say the least.  But it looks as if that even if his father was Scanlan, he was id as Scanlon.   Alanna  --- On Wed, 5/18/11, Margaret Doyle <[email protected]> wrote: From: Margaret Doyle <[email protected]> Subject: Varients of Callahan To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, May 18, 2011, 4:30 PM Try Callaghan, Calaghan etc. You'd be surprised how many people in one family spell thier name differently. Maggie