You might also try- Stuthard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Katherine Reece" <kat@hallofmaat.com> To: <ncorange@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 5:17 PM Subject: Re: [NCORANGE] Searching for Southard > >Have you tried possible variations of the surname Southard. I looked at > >a >>few message boards and some of those are posted for Southard or >>Southerland, >>even Southworth, I think. You may be dealing with a surname that became >>corrupt for some reason. > > I grew up with the name and boy can it get messed up ... I've been called > Suddeth, Sootherd, Southerland (never did get this one) and that was with > teachers who saw the name spelled out! Its pronounced Sah-therd btw. The > only place I was ever at where they pronounced it right without me telling > them was when I was around people who knew my Grandmother Southard, LOL, > and they were hoping I had her Apple Cake recipe (which I do and its a > doozey!) > > Southard is a known variation of Southward or Southworth. > > >>My advice is to make a note of it, or >>print it off, stick it in a folder somewhere and forget it. > > I'm about at that point ... John Southard's 1820 census in Orange Co NC > shows no male children of the right age for my Green. I'm going to go > through John Southard's children in case there was a generation skip > > I'm interested in *any* Southards (or variations thereof) .... I was > hoping someone on this list might have some in their lines. > > I suppose my next step is to save up some money and get my brother's DNA > tested. > > Thank you, > > Katherine Southard-Reece > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCORANGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message