Angela, On the subject of name variations, when someone immigrates they either speak no English, little English, broken English or English with an accent sometimes heavy. Keep a pen and paper handy and try to soundspell a name as many ways as you can. My Czech name Koptis was pronounced Cupdish by my grandmother because the 's' made an sh sound but it's been recorded Coptis. My grandfather was from Holland and was a sailor you should see how many ways Duiker can be spelled on ships list including Dniker because whoever rerecorded it couldn't read the first handwriting and made the 'u' an 'n'. Just try to think that you've just knocked on the door of recent immigrants, you need to get some information perhaps someone in the family has just died. Perhaps there's confusion, children crying, lots of people speaking in their native tongue. It's up to you to record name, address, place of birth ect. you get the picture....place of birth might be another thing that's really butchered. Just be patient and keep an open mind on the spellings. Take care, Cindy JANDA143@aol.com wrote: Sorry, I forgot one more question. A lot of the information that was sent to me from you guys had variations in the surname. I tried to follow your footsteps since you were so good to provide the sources of your information. I got lost! For instance, khorne found a lot of information. In the 1900 census he found John HEGDISH, 1910 census found John HIGEDUS, at the Ohiohistory site he found John HEGEOUS. How were these found? From experience are you able to guess at the various spellings or is there a great lesson to be learned by me? This list truly amazes me! Angela Grand Rapids, Mi. ==== OHCUYAHO Mailing List ==== If you have Cuyahoga County data to share or own any books that you could offer lookups in, please the County Coordinator via email at (katemcclellan@vintagerecollections.com). ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home page