Domingo, General practice in genealogy books is to capitalize the surname. However, you don't mention what the source of this information is. Also, I don't really know how Spanish surnames work.... but if this were an Anglo name I would assume in each case that the surname was what was capitalized, if I found this in a genealogy book. gonzales wrote: > > What are the letters or name at the end of my ancestors names. > Everyone has the Gonzales name but when I get to these ancestors they > have another name or letters. > I do not know what is it or what does it mean. I am hoping someone > outthere will know. > > Domingo Gonzales CAYO born abt. 1731 died abt. 1756 > > Domingo's Son: Joseph Papa Ramos Gonzales CAVO born 1757 > died 24 Sept. 1799 -- Charlie Hoffpauir Yes, there is a HOFFPAUIR mail list, hosted by ROOTSWEB http://web.wt.net/~charlieh/ http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/h/o/f/Charles-R-Hoffpauir/ http://www.parsonstech.com/genealogy/trees/choffpauo/thomas.htm