In general for research in records of this era, it's not so much misspelling as it the common practice at that time of phonetic spelling. For example, a daughter of the earliest known member of my Fairfax County Williams line married Demoville Talbott. I have seen his given name spelled Demoville, Demovil, Demoval, Demourville (a surname in his mother's family from which it is taken) and , my personal favorite, "D. Movil". Not to mention the variants of Talbott, Talbot, Talbert, etc. It seems that clerks, census-takers and other record-keepers wrote down what they heard, and many communities at the time were small enough that it would be pretty clear who they meant. Helen West wrote: >Hey, > I wonder if Jarrett is just misspelled? I have a bunch of Tramel/Trammel/Trammells in the book Abstract of Wills and Inventories Fairfax County, Virginia 1742-1801 by King. There is several Gerrard. When I am up against a rock and a hard place, it is usually the spelling. I will look through and see if I can find anything. > Helen > > > > >--------------------------------- > Yahoo! Autos. Looking for a sweet ride? Get pricing, reviews, & more on new and used cars. > > >==== VAFAIRFA Mailing List ==== >E-mail List Mom at mailto:daisysroots@yahoo.com >http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafairfa/ > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > >