For quite some time I've researched Ranshaw along with Renshaw because I know that both spellings were used two centuries ago. Although Ernshaw is a name in itself (and is probably related to Earnshaw) I have discovered that we should probably look at Ernshaws in printed indexes, especially ones created from a typewriter or other type of keyboard. It is very easy to reverse the "R" and the "E" on a keyboard, and Renshaw may occasionally appear as Ernshaw as a result. Eleanor