My mother's name was Kilpatrick. But when I trace the line back I find the name spelled various ways, sometimes for the same person: Kilpatrick, Kilpatric, Gilpatric, Killpatrick, Kirkpatrick, etc. I even find that half of the children in one family used the name Kilpatrick and half used the name Kirkpatrick. No wonder, though, since their father is listed on some documents as Kilpatrick and on others as Kirkpatrick. One needs to consider all reasonable variations. After all many people were poor spellers or didn't even know how to spell. Charles Ed Starnes Corvallis, OR [email protected] [email protected] wrote: > > This line of disccussion brings me to a question that I have held for a > while and have never asked. Are the Kirpatrick and Kilpatrick surnames > intermingled? I have a grandmother that was a Kilpatrick and I have been > looking just for that surname. Should I also assume that somewhere it might > have been spelled Kirpatrick instead. Or is one surname from one country > and the other from another? Does anyone have any ideas on this subject? For > a photo of my grandmother, Jennie May Kilpatrick Piper, visit my family > website listed below. > > June Noland > http://www.metro.net/choland > > >>Try searching for Kilpatrick, that works. Some of Kirkpatricks were > >>Kilpatricks then went to Kirpatrick. Jeanette Seamans > > >>>Barbara in Sacramento and David, > >>> > >>>I am just now going through some old messages and came across your query > >>>about the surname Kirkpatrick. I am trying to find the answer to that > >>>question too. I don't have the answer yet but did come across this website > >>>that gives other surnames in Ireland. Unfortunately, they don't have any > >>>info on Kirkpatricks but they are updating constantly and I was able to > >>>find other surnames in there. > >>> > >>>I am sending this link to you incase you have other surnames to search for > >>>or are interested in doing a Kirkpatrick search every once in a while. > >>>Once in the site click on "What's in a name." > >>> > >>>http://www.irish-times.com/ancestor/index.html > >>> > >>>Hope this helps some. > >>> > >>>Alyson from San Diego > >>> > >>> > >>>Researching the following surnames: Ross, Corder, Mason, Kirkpatrick, Raef, > >>>Parker, Johnson, VanHook, Schaeffer, Schwager, Skelton, Wingate, Spencer, > >>>Ferris, Harbison, McCullough, Mccreary, McCrory, Beaty, Wilson, Dayton, > >>>Cochran, Edwards, Phelps, McKleachy, Hutcheson, Almon, Drago, Jessop, > >>>Haustein, Wirth, Balletto, Watson, Toga, Taule'Alo, and Taeulavao. > >>> > >>> > >