Spelling means nothing in genealogy. Use the soundex. George A. Sharp, III [email protected] wrote: > > The spelling of Sharpe or Sharp always puzzles me. In our line, most use > the e, but I have seen brothers using different spellings. Any ideas on this? > > My earliest ancestor supposedly was born in Hamburg, Germany, but his father > was a "Hollinder" and his mother Scotch. My grandfather spelled his name > Sharpe. > Rita > > ==== SHARP Mailing List ====