Janet Yes, Gillies is the modern or acceptable standard spelling Any ancestral spellings were fine, so long as it sounded correct Quite a few surnames had multiple spellings Michael www.mullfamilies.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet" <cilurnum@googlemail.com> To: "Les Horn" <Leshorn@ythanonich.freeserve.co.uk>; <sct-isleofmull@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2013 12:36 PM Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] Gillies > As a matter of interest would GILLIES be an acceptable substitution for > the name? Perhaps > more 'recent ' usage > > Janet > >