I've got the same problem -- even brothers spelled it differently between Prewitt, Pruet and Pruit and sometimes with two "t"s. My great grandfather shows up in the census as Pruitt, but his tombstone is spelled Prewitt. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Tmgadddag@aol.com> To: <PRUITT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 4:12 PM Subject: Re: [PRUITT-L] Pruitt, Prewitt, Pruett, etc and Privitt-Privett > In a message dated 10/2/00 8:31:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > mkellyprivitt@ArkansasUSA.com writes: > > > > > Pruitt -Prewit is my mothers family. Have found it spelled many ways > > including Privitt-Privett, which is my married name. > > > > I have wondered if this is another variation of spelling Pruitt over the > > years. > > > > Has any one else found proof it they are the same family?? Spelling was > so > > bad back then that persons didn't know how their name was spelled on many > > occasions, thus the different spelling. > > > > Am interested to know if this is the same family or different and > spellings > > were spelled wrong in some instances. Marie > > > > > In my Pruitt family, it was spelled Pruitt by my parents, but my half-sisters > were Prewitt's. Some of my uncles spell it Pruett. Terri > > > ==== PRUITT Mailing List ==== > Is the Pruitt list of any help to you? Have you made any connections? > This list only works when subscribers share information with everyone on the list > Share your success stories, too! >