No, Catherine, my husband's ancestors were Yankees from Pennsylvania and Ohio! But many generations ago. I have several families that I research with variant spellings that I also have "standardized" for convenience. Otherwise, I'd never make any progress. One of my Attala Co. ancestors was James Herald/Harrald/Harrold/Harrall, so I know what you mean. Good hunting. Martha -----Original Message----- From: Catherine O'Briant [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 10:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [MSATTALA] John Richard O'Briant and Louisa Jane Nash Thank you very much Martha, I'll keep researching By any chance are you related to the BOGGS of Pickens Co., SC? I happen to have a few notes here referencing them, should you be interested T. Caleb O'Briant b. abt 1823 Pickens Co., SC - d. Sept 17, 1862 during the Civil War in MS m/t Sarah Ann Boggs. T. Caleb O'Briant, s/o of John O'Briant and Elizabeth Morgan T. Caleb O'Briant and Sarah Ann Boggs had the following children that I'm aware of: O'Briant children James Harrison ...m/t Nancy M. Prather Joseph William A. ...m/t Mary Elmira Stephens Benjamin F. Again thank you Catherine O'Briant PS: Since I find the surname with so many variant spellings found O'Bryant, O'Brient, O'Brian, etc. I just use O'Briant in my database for easier querying making a notation of the spelling used attaching a copy of the paperwork for my files. -----Original Message----- From: Martha Boggs [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 11:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] RE: [MSATTALA] John Richard O'Briant and Louisa Jane Nash Catherine, I was unable to find the O'Briants you were looking for. I also checked for Nash. There are a large number of O'Briants in the cemetery book, but not the ones you need. Martha Boggs ==== MSATTALA Mailing List ==== If you have genealogical information pertaining to Attala County which you would like to have on the Attala County (MSGenWeb), website, please notify [email protected] Please no GEDCOMS.