To y'all-- Jackie Weeden mentioned to me that we have on disc a list of various spellings of Whaley that she has found over the years as she has researched this family. Below, copied and pasted from the article I have on disc is the list. I hope it comes through OK. Ruby Various spellings of the surname WHALEY which have been found in public records: Waeley Whallee Waely Whalley Wahley Whallie Wailey Whally Waily Whaly Wale Whaylee Waley Whayley Walley Whaylie Wally Whayly Waly Wheale Wayle Whealee Wayley Whealey Waylie Whealie Wayly Whealley Weale Wheally Wealey Whealy Wealy Wheele Weley Wheeley Weyley Wheelie Weylie Wheely Weyly Wheley Whailey Whelley Whaily Whely Whale Wheylee Whalee Wheyley Whaleigh Wheylie Whaley Wheyly Whalie Wholey

At 03:09 PM 8/22/06 EDT, you wrote: >To y'all-- >Jackie Weeden mentioned to me that we have on disc a list of >various spellings of Whaley that she has found over the years as >she has researched this family. Below, copied and pasted from the >article I have on disc is the list. I hope it comes through OK. >Ruby > >Various spellings of the surname WHALEY which have been found in >public records: While the various spellings may exist in public records it doesn't necessarily mean the persons themselves used that spelling. I would submit that there are - - typos (or illegible hand writing) - misunderstood and thus written incorrectly - person writing the data is not the person themselves (probably true for most public records) - person writing the data spelled the name as it sounded to them - individual if actual person had no idea how to spell their own name One example from my own family tree of another surname: My grandfather's surname was Abercrombie. In 'official public records' it is spelled for the same family: Abercrombie Abbercrombie Crumby My Mom told me that some persons thought that my grandfather's name was Albert Crumby! Tim