Hi, A possible hint: R and K can be mistaken for each other. when looking for surname beginning with "S", I have found "F" - being creative is the best way. I have an index card with all the possibilities and just go back and forth when searching. Hope this helps someone.

I agree - sometimes even the simplest names get misspelled. I spent a long time looking for my WRIGHT ancestors on the census of 1870. Then bam - when I was looking for a different name in the same town I stumbled across my family incorrectly spelled RIGHT. It was there all along! My other ancestors with a simple name like Crossland were often recorded as "Crofsland" - a fact that caused me no end of confusion when I was new to researching. Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Economou" <azathoth@telerama.com> To: <PA-PITTSBURGH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 9:20 AM Subject: [PITTSBURGH] be creative about spelling, writing of names > Hi, A possible hint: R and K can be mistaken for each other. when > looking for surname beginning with "S", I have found "F" - being creative is > the best way. I have an index card with all the possibilities and just go > back and forth when searching. Hope this helps someone. > > > ==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== > SUE* MCALISTER-Pittsburgh List Mom > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > > >