I know exactly what you mean. One of instances that stands out is the writing of a double "s" , i.e., ss . Some of the older handwriting looks like "fs." The first "s" is much bigger and looks like a lower case "f" followed by an s. It took me a while but I finally figured out the name I was looking at was "Jesse", not Jefee or Jefse! ************************************** Donna Binkley Lograsso - St. Louis, MO Searching: BINKLEY - ALLEGHENY Co., Penn Hills/Plum Boro., PA DAVIDSON, FRICK - WESTMORELAND and ALLEGHENY Co., PA BINKLEY, MORGAN - Ohio SABOCK, YENETS, PERCICH - CAMBRIA Co., PA