In a message dated 1/25/99 8:38:15 PM Pacific Standard Time, rapt@lni.net writes: > Thanks for your help. I beleive strongly that you've got my William. > In day to day life William went by Henry for some reason. Even the > personal writing samples I have including one copied from the back page > of the book I refered to was signed. I, Henry King. This has always > confused me. Is there a way to find parent names of bride and groom on > marriage in Cole County??? I have seen this pattern several times in my family as recently as my father and grandfather. They were William Amor King and William Bruce King and both went by their middle names. It can be confusing, but great for weeding out salesmen who ask for "Bill" when anyone who knows him calls him "Bruce". Lloyd King