Hi Larry, Since no one seems to have answered this, unless they did it privately, I will make a stab at an answer. Mispelling of names, or alternative forms are always the norm in research. Never count anything out as wrong because it is spelled differently. I recently found our Muth family in Nebraska with the spelling of Mulh.....evidently someone forgot to cross the T or something. Happy hunting, Joyce in CA http://www.geocities.com/jarmscoop In a message dated 2/5/2003 11:49:13 AM Pacific Standard Time, LRiffey007@aol.com writes: > In my quest for Riffey information I found a will in the VA archives (Prince > > William Co) with the spelling of Rifey. However when I received the film, > the > name appeared to be Rixey. I know that there were some Rixeys in Culpeper > and > Shenandoah Co.'s. in the 1700's but my question is: is anyone aware of how > the "f" was written in that time period? A name change in the spelling? > > Larry Riffey > Plano, TX > >