Thanks, I should I actually live in San Joaquin County. My Chewnings came from the spelling of Chowning. Some of the research I have uncovered state that even as Chowning it was still pronounced Chewning. But sometimes even the Court Clerk changed the spelling. My Dora's came over from England where is was said it was Dore, in Maryland it was Dory/Dorey and on moving to Kentucky it was changed to Dora by some of the first clerks and they just stayed with it. My ancestors would cringe to know that we now just say Dora like the first name. Tiffany