Another lookup has just led me to note that even the most common of surnames can differ from our expectation...in this case, MILLER. That seems to me an extremely straightforward surname, but when I was looking in the 1765 Chester Co Archive I discovered that, by FAR, the most common area spelling (at least in the archives) is MILLAR.....there are probably 50 men with their name spelled MILLAR, to only 4, spelled MILLER. Quite surprising, I thought, and a good indication that we shouldn't get complacent about the spelling of common names...they, too, are often different from what we expect! Sandra Adam Millar owned150 acres in East Nantmeal Adam Miller was a freeman in West Nottingham. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.5.1/327 - Release Date: 4/28/2006

And Miller gets even worse - if they came very early and came from Germany it was Muller with all the variations that name has. It got anglicized very quickly since people got on better if their surnames appeared English but very early records may be as Muller. Nadine Holder >From: "Sandra Ferguson" <ferg@ntelos.net> >To: PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [PaOldC] Miller >Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 09:58:39 -0400 > >Another lookup has just led me to note that even the most common of >surnames can differ from our expectation...in this case, MILLER. That >seems to me an extremely straightforward surname, but when I was looking in >the 1765 Chester Co Archive I discovered that, by FAR, the most common area >spelling (at least in the archives) is MILLAR.....there are probably 50 men >with their name spelled MILLAR, to only 4, spelled MILLER. Quite >surprising, I thought, and a good indication that we shouldn't get >complacent about the spelling of common names...they, too, are often >different from what we expect! > > Sandra > >Adam Millar owned150 acres in East Nantmeal >Adam Miller was a freeman in West Nottingham. > > > >-- >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.5.1/327 - Release Date: 4/28/2006 > > >==== PA-OLD-CHESTER Mailing List ==== > >" Unsubscribing. To leave PA-old-chester-l, send mail to >PA-old-chester-l-request@rootsweb.com >with the single word unsubscribe in the message or subject slot." > > >NO VIRUS WARNINGS - if you are concerned contact me PERSONALLY >ferg@ntelos.net > >Visit the archives for this list to view old postings >http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=PA-OLD-CHESTER >(this site allows you to search for names, place, etc...... >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/pa-old-chester >this site allows you to browse by month.. > >============================== >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 >