This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Payne Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xYB.2ACE/1619.1.1 Message Board Post: Yes, that's what I found out too. So I guess it's not true after all. Plus now in the 2 census she's in, her name is spelled Mary Etta. So somewhere down the line the spelling of her name changed, unintentionally by later relatives I think. Thanks all, Bethany