Ralph: You ran across the same phenomenon I did. I originally rejected keeping TEMPLES because I thought they were different lines. I have begun to include them in my research as well. For those dealing with TEMPLE or TEMPLES in the South, particularly post 1840, if you hit a dead end, check the alternative spelling of the name. I have even found it among siblings in a family. Park _____________________________________ L. Parker Temple III Researching the TEMPLEs and Related Lines http://www.erols.com/lptemple/house.htm -----Original Message----- From: Ralph Temple <rtemplegen@email.msn.com> To: TEMPLE-L@rootsweb.com <TEMPLE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, July 27, 1998 7:59 AM Subject: Re: Temple/Temples >Hi Joanne and all, > >I for one would be in favor of starting with Abraham of Salem for our Temple >of the month pick. > >I would also like to add some comments on the "TEMPLES" surname. Pam Blair >contacted me back in May when I started my "Temples in the census" project. >She asked me if I was including them in my project. I told her at the time >that I was not. However since then I see that I may have to change my mind. >Some of you have commented that these Temples seem to use either "TEMPLES" >or "TEMPLE". I see it clearly in the census. Some are listed as TEMPLES >in one census and back to TEMPLE ten years later. > >Ralph Temple >-----Original Message----- >From: jmay <jmay@hpnc.com> >To: TEMPLE-L@rootsweb.com <TEMPLE-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Monday, July 27, 1998 12:47 AM >Subject: Re: Temple/Temples > > >>Hi Temple researchers, >> >>I agree with Park, there are no signs of the "s" until VA and southward. >>I came across a varient today in MD... Tembell. Spend all day in MD books >>(with very little to show) and didn't even finish! Will try to complete it >>the >>next visit and move on to MA. >> >>I am wondering if we should start on Abraham Temple and showcase it for >>the month of August. Adding any information that we find and just an >>overall discussion of that group for that month... (other posting, of >>course, >>would still be allowed). >> >>The following month we can move onto a new group and/or state?? Please, >>let me know if this is okay with all of you. I think it maybe a good way >to >>learn and explore new possiblities. >> >>Joanne >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: L. Parker Temple <lptemple@erols.com> >>To: TEMPLE-L@rootsweb.com <TEMPLE-L@rootsweb.com> >>Date: Sunday, July 26, 1998 6:13 PM >>Subject: Re: Temple/Temples >> >> >>>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 >>>> >>>> >> >> > > >