This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0VB.2ACI/5012.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Good! Sounds like very good progress. Most of our Roper/Raper here in Macon County in very early records were spelled Roper/Raper and I think that they were all related in some way. They were all in the same communities and counties. Keep up the good work. Pat