This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gFC.2ACI/1303.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: The spelling was with a C I believe ... but, look up every variation you can think of in the census. I have found that the census folks often put down what they heard .. the way they heard it so it may not be exactly as you expect. And for first names they tended to spell all similar sounding names the name ... Ole was often spelled Oley in the 1880 Dunn Co, records, for example. Good luck with your search! Linda