;from what the relatives told me some were from Germany and others were from Switzerland. Each spelled name different. our lines went from Keim-Kiem-kime-kimes. I have obituaries which are spelled different from father to son or grandson. was stunned to find they were kin but I do have them directly coppied from newspaper. >From: Cindy Kimes <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [KEIM] Re: Spelling change from Kime to Kimes >Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 05:18:05 -0700 (PDT) > >How does your line explain the change from KIME to KIMES? > >--- [email protected] wrote: > > > > In the case of my family - My second great grandfather > > went by the name of Valentine Kime. His son, Valentine, signed > > his name > > Valentine Kimes. That spelling of the name is the way the present > > day family > > spells it. > > > > Virginia Kimes Pierce > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com > > >==== KEIM Mailing List ==== >For more exposure on the internet, post queries at these sites: >http://genforum.genealogy.com/keim/ >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/k/i/KIME/queries >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/k/i/KEIM/queries > _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/