Hi Barbara, My ROLL ancestor's changed their name to RALL while still in Ohio. Sometimes I wonder whether they were illiterate and had to have a 'clerk' write and spell their surname, might have had something to do with accents also. Of course in the 1800's they did not have to write their name very often and could have been forgetfulness. MY grgrgrandfather, Isaac Brooks Rall (1829 OH-1910 KS), son of Moses RALL (1797 NJ-1868 OH) , son of Jacob ROLL (1761 NJ- 1834 OH) married his first cousin Mary Jane Latourrette in Clark County Ohio in 1850, they were in Whitley County IN for the 1860 and 1870 Census, then they were in the 1900 census in Reno County KS. It is believed they were in Kansas before 1885 and family lore states they returned to IN sometime after the death of their daughter in 1885. At that time they took their youngest granddaughter (my grandmother) back to KS with them to raise. Isaac died in 1910 and Mary Jane in 1904, both are buried in the Plevna Cemetery in Reno County KS. I have not researched why so many moved to KS around that time, I just assumed that there was either a land give a way or inexpensive property. Seems like migration patterns developed over land. I think Ed's ancestor's changed their name from ROLL to RALL about the same time as mine, also in OH. Nancy Lohbrunner lohbrunner@prodigy.net