This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hgDBAIB/1605.1.3 Message Board Post: Here is are some examples of the Rodgers/Rogers name that I found. Which confused me to begin with until my grandfather said that he didn't know how his name was supposed to be spelled either. Carroll County, Tennessee 1830: 1830 UNITED STATES FEDERAL CENSUS C. B. Rodgers is listed in the 1830 Carroll County, Tennessee Census. pg 190 Carroll County, Tennessee 1840: 1840 UNITED STATES FEDERAL CENSUS Centrel B. Rodgers is listed in the 1840 Carroll County, Tennessee Census. pg 78 1850 UNITED STATES FEDERAL CENSUS The 9 Civil District in the County of Carroll, State of Tennessee. dwelling # 1149 family # 1149 C. B. Rogers 40 m Blacksmith Tennessee 1860 UNITED STATES FEDERAL CENSUS: Dwelling 1116 Family 1102 Cantrel B. Rodgers 49 M W Farmer 300 Tennessee As you see not only the last name is spelled differently the first name is not the same on any of the census records. If it had not been for the wife and children's names I may have passed it up when first searching