In the fourth quarter of the 1900 th. century, my Steele family of Eastern KY. changed there name from Casteel to Steele. Does anyone have any idea why this happened. Dave Church dlchurch@bright.net

The Civil War caused many a person to change their last name in order to disacquaint themselves from someone they looked upon as a traitor. It was a sad time for families. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave and Linda Church (by way of Sue <sudown@cwnet.com>)" <dlchurch@bright.net> To: <STEELE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 2:00 PM Subject: [STEELE-L] Casteel/Steele > In the fourth quarter of the 1900 th. century, my Steele family of Eastern KY. changed there name from Casteel to Steele. Does anyone have any idea why this happened. > > Dave Church > dlchurch@bright.net > > > > > ==== STEELE Mailing List ==== > Search, Subscribe & Unsubscribe STEELE-L > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/s/steele.html > List Manager's address STEELE-admin@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >

Are you on the EKYORIGINS list? I think they had a discussion about that topic in the past year or so. If you're not on the list, you might want to try their archives. Kathryn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dave and Linda Church (by way of Sue <sudown@cwnet.com>)" > <dlchurch@bright.net> > To: <STEELE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 2:00 PM > Subject: [STEELE-L] Casteel/Steele > > > In the fourth quarter of the 1900 th. century, my Steele family of Eastern > KY. changed there name from Casteel to Steele. Does anyone have any idea > why this happened. > > > > Dave Church > > dlchurch@bright.net >