Makes not much different the spelling of the name. As with most surnames there are more than one spelling. The orig. Germanic Spelling Schmelzer/Schmeltzer just to name a couple. Just in Greene Co., Smelser/Smelcer depends on the census taker and if he knew how they spelled the name. You have to use all spellings to sort them out. They can be of the same families with different spelling. Sincerely, G. Mounger Message: 1 Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 08:46:16 -0700 From: "leneta Ingalls" <[email protected]> Subject: [TNGREENE] Smelcer/Smelser Family To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Someone recently submitted a post on Smelser family from Greene County, TN. Somehow I accidentally erased the message before I read it. My wife's gg grandmother is Susannah Smelcer Guin that married Patrick M. Guin in Sept. 1850. I haven't researched that family so I was very interested in the post. I believe Susannah's father is Joseph Smelser. There seems to be 2 spellings of Smelcer/Smelser and I don't know if they are two different families. I know the spelling of Guin has about 6 different spellings and they are all of the same family. Please get back with me on the Smelsers. Bob in Oregon [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> -- "If you can't get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance." -- George Bernard Shaw