On or about 08:00 AM 12/23/1999 -0800, Jeffery Scism wrote: >Ok My Landis Family is out of Indiana, and I have reached a point of >confusion, not that I can't find them, but that there are several, apparently >unrelated with very similar names. You are quite correct that the various spellings are equivalent. The spelling of surnames was not nearly as consistent then as now, and I have also found all the spellings you listed when I know, from other sources, that the same person is referenced. One of the other challenges you face is that there were at least two Landiss lines in Indiana. Mine, for example, moved to IN from NC (coming through KY and TN on the way), while it appears that yours spent time in VA. To make matters worse, John is a common name in both lines, although Christian seems to be absent from mine. For a fairly decent outline of the branch which began in NC, see http://www.landiss.com/family/ which was updated just about 15 minutes ago! ********************************************* That team performs best whose players benefit the most from the team's success. *********************************************