In a message dated 4/1/2006 2:04:36 PM Mountain Standard Time, bwesner@prodigy.net writes: I think that the Webner spelling is based on the German script of double-s. WeBner (with some frills or embellishments to the B) is actually Wessner ... Once they received the label of Webner during naturalization, they probably just kept it that way. I hope I am making sense here. Thanks, Brenda! I thought it might be something like this, but you put it so clearly it should solve any problem. It's nice having really bright cousins. Jerry