To me this is a puzzlement; a lot of the Whittington families changed the spelling after the Civil War, as if to hide from the carpetbaggers ( really these were IRS agents). Yet, time after time I can not find a reason for the family themselves changing the spelling. A local cus and I have gone over this several times and I seem more inclined to go along with you and her, as she has an MA in library workings and my MS is industrail psych. But, why did the census takers change the spelling in several states and/or places and not in others? Did some Washington, D.C. person issue a 'correct spelling'. Well, interesting to learn that I was not the only one confused. At 01:19 AM 04/10/2001 -0000, you wrote: >In researching my line of Whittington's, Francis and Mary Catherine, my >G-GM, Ann/e/a Elizabeth Whittington Elliott, there were Whittenton's listed >in and around the Whittington name. I assumed it was misspelled by the >census taker/s. This was in Jefferson Co., VA/WV. I included them in my >material. They will come up again, correct spelling, same given names and >birth dates. >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > >==== WHITTINGTON Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! >http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > >