Linda: I am pretty sure that there were nho TEMPLES in England. Not only are they unique to the colonies, they are unique to the South (in their earliest incarnations). Park _____________________________________ L. Parker Temple III Researching the TEMPLEs and Related Lines http://www.erols.com/lptemple/house.htm -----Original Message----- From: lkwade <lkwade@ibm.net> To: TEMPLE-L@rootsweb.com <TEMPLE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, July 25, 1998 8:28 PM Subject: Temple/Temples >Park, >I think you are on to something with you theory on the Temple/Temples >spelling variation. It could very well be dialectic. Have you run >across any Temples in the England histories or could it be a quirk in >the colonies? > >Linda > >