I know what you mean,I found one of my Harris's written as Norris once,if it hadn't been for the family listed I'd have missed it. Debbi Harris LOney Fifthavegnu@aol.com wrote: > > Marie...and others. How true! A prime example of mistranslation of names due > to the 19th century writing style. My grandfather was named Travis (given > name), but is often read as Francis, and sometimes as James. I find it helps > to look at numerous examples of a given census taker's recordings as an aid > to deciphering their recordings. > Jim > > ==== TNRUTHER Mailing List ==== > Welcome to TNRUTHER-L: This is the official Rootsweb mailing list for Rutherford County, TN. Anyone is welcome to post queries, and questions about Rutherford County, TN Genealogy.