When I was a lad of 18 I worked at a bomb factory in Illinois. I rode to work with a Margaret Lardi. I always wondered if we were related. Yesterday I discovered a Laird family here in my town, and his grandfather's last name was spelled both Laird and Lardi. Is this another variation others have heard? Paul Laird -----Original Message----- From: Sharon4mus@aol.com [SMTP:Sharon4mus@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 12:38 PM To: LAIRD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [LAIRD] Spellings We have discussed all the ways the real name could be spelled. I may have mentioned this in the past, but since we have a lot of new people on the list it may be worth mentioning again. When searching indexes, be aware of the kinds of mistakes the person making the index might make. For example, I have found the name Lard indexed as Sard, Sand, Lord, Land. Horatio Nelson Lard is in 1860 Indiana Census Index as Horation Nelson Land. ==== LAIRD Mailing List ==== Laird Resource Page: http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/l/a/LAIRD/