I've often wondered that with the surnames AURY and AVERY. When handwritten on a census they look the same. My specific brickwall is Hannah Aury who signed the will of Joseph Gee in 1716 in Westchester with my 7th great grandfather......and major brickwall..... Matthew Smith . The only "Aurys" I'm finding are ORRYS and none are in that area .....very few anywhere that I can find. Averys in comparison were in Westchester in the 1600s and onward. Does anyone know more about this?? Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: <GWGEHoyt@aol.com> To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 10:43 AM Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Cross & Harford children > Friends-- > > When you are looking for the name of Harford, it may be prudent to also > look > for Hanford. The "r" and "n" appear very similar in handwriting. > > George > > > ************************************** > See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ > *************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message