Ehhhh LOL....love it! This family that signed the Covenant using two different spellings were the family where one of them was the County Registrar.....even today some use one spelling some use other. On 15/12/2011 17:59, scotch-irish-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Re: [S-I] Surname Spellingssss in Deeds/Wills by Clerks > > Standardisation of surnames occurred really as a result of the introduction ofcivil registration of births in Ireland from 1864.