This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mowery (Maury, Mowry) Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DcB.2ACE/3913.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for such a quick reply. So far in my "digging" I have not come across my line spelled like your line, HOWEVER, I am told they are one in the same and the "mispellings" were because: 1. some family just didn't know how to spell and did the best they could. 2. Some changed the spelling to disassociate themselves from family members because of disagreements and fueds of one kind or another. At the present I can't put my hands on my large family notebook because my house is for sale and it is packed up. I will however try to find it and check for the husbands name...it doesn't ring a bell but it has been several years since I really went through my research. I am going to keep your name and address in my files and I will get back with you. Again, thanks for the response! Patti