Had a short note in from Grace Gleason, of the list, saying " Looking for E.F. ALBERTY in Arkansas, I opened the 1860 census index from GenealogyLibrary.com. The first county on the first page happened to be Arkansas Co. The first name under Arkansas Co. was "ABBERTY, E.F." Talk about a misspelling. Sometimes, serendipity has to take a hand in genealogy!! This is a spelling I would never have thought of using. Or is that just using UN-reasonable consonants? :-)) grace " So very true, I rack/wrack/wreck/wreak :) my pore ol brain trying to think of any other spelling, and like she says, it is worthwhile, but at times, they just WANT to be found, the book falls into our hand. Thanks for the comment, Grace, I like knowing there's someone out there who notices what we do/don't say. bj