Hi Deb, Perhaps it was just entered in error and should have read A.W. rather than A.M. Mingin. Maybe he was A. William Mingin, or maybe the office staff made an error when entering the info. Maybe A.M. was the person who purchased the plot for his parents, and is also buried there? You'll probably never know - it's one of those things that drives us crazy! Good luck on this one! Joan In a message dated 3/9/02 2:17:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, delerani@hotmail.com writes: > So, this is the question I pose to > all of you, how on earth do you get William from A. M.? Could it be that > he > was in fact born Albert Merrill Mingin and didn't like the name so he went > by his father's name of William?