The name MacCaughey caught my attention in Linda's email. "It is under MacCaughey, which was anglicized to HACKETT. I hope you realize the standardized spelling is a very modern invention in English and that since most of our ancestors were next to illiterate, it doesn't matter....they could not spell their surnames. WE're going on phonetics here." Mentioning phonetics, from records I hold concerning CAUGHEY & KEACHIE in Wigtownshire, SCOT they indicate two different spellings for the same family with one spelling in the Census Record and another on a Memorial Inscription. Also given that the Galloway Irish accent of Stranraer, Portpatrick, Leswalt and district (WIG) was very similar to the Ulster accent the following may be of interest: Phonetically KEA as in K-YA and CAU; CH with the Scottish guttural sound as in loCH also the GH as in the Irish LouGH; and IE and EY and with a Galloway Irish (Stranraer, WIG) SCOT accent or Ulster NI accent Keachie and Caughey would sound exactly the same when spoken by a local. Today I note KEACHIE is pronounced as it looks and I notice in New Zealand CAUGHEY is pronounced CO-AY. To support the above the from the Parish of Leswalt Census Records of 1841 (Wigtownshire, Scotland) being 20 miles straight across the water from Ulster KEACHIE Robert 45, farmer, Ireland, Auchneel 1 KEACHIE Jean 35, Auchneel 1 KEACHIE Charles 15, Auchneel 1 KEACHIE David 5, Auchneel 1 KEACHIE Elizabeth 5, Auchneel 1 KEACHIE Jean 15, Auchneel 1 KEACHIE Mary 20, Auchneel 1 KEACHIE Robert 10, Auchneel 1 and The following MI is in St Andrew's Church Burial Ground Stranraer: Erected by Robert CAUGHEY Auchneil in memory of his children Jane who died 25th Novr 1842 aged 19 year, David died at St. Stephens, New Foundland 17th Feby 1857 aged 25 years. William died 23rd Feby 1871 aged 25 years also the said Robert CAUGHEY who departed this life 26th Feby 1879 aged 88 years and Jane KENMUIR his esteemed spouse who departed this life 20th May 1879 aged 78 years. I believe it to be the same family and of interest is the spelling of CAUGHEY/KEACHIE and JEAN/JANE and Auchneil/Auchneel for the same family so the spelling of names and places was often how it sounded to the scribe. Sam Heron