I too have found the spelling of my Stephens, Stevens interchangeable. My grandfather changed the spelling to Stevens because of when he was a child, kids would call him Stephanie. Brenda J. Scott MNCPPC-Dispatcher -----Original Message----- From: Lois Wolff White [mailto:lwhite@murieta.net] Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 10:48 PM To: STEPHENS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [STEPHENS] Stephens spelling Often the spellings were changed accidentally when the person came through the U.S. immigration facilities when landing in America. Even though the name might have been spelled Stephens in the native country, the person taking information at time of landing might have spelled it Stevens. I find both spellings in my family history. ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237