Who are you looking for? What is the name, date and location? I usually use soundex if I think the name may be misspelled. It could have been misspelled as William or Wiliam or Willian. I also will search under Wil* which should also bring up any misspellings. Mary in CA *************** ---- LWilson181@aol.com wrote: > I have a strange question for those who have researched the WILLIAMS surname. > What are some common misspellings or surnames you have seen substituted for > Williams in > old records - particularly census? > > I have been looking for documentation on an ancestor for over ten years. I > have come to > believe that the surname is likely miswritten / misspelled in the census > record. > > Thank you in advance for your reply. > > Larry > > > > ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WILLIAMS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have also seen it abbreviated as Wms. M -----Original Message----- From: williams-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:williams-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of mebateman@cox.net Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 10:09 To: williams@rootsweb.com; WILLIAMS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WILLIAMS] Surname Misspelling Who are you looking for? What is the name, date and location? I usually use soundex if I think the name may be misspelled. It could have been misspelled as William or Wiliam or Willian. I also will search under Wil* which should also bring up any misspellings. Mary in CA *************** ---- LWilson181@aol.com wrote: > I have a strange question for those who have researched the WILLIAMS surname. > What are some common misspellings or surnames you have seen substituted for > Williams in > old records - particularly census? > > I have been looking for documentation on an ancestor for over ten years. I > have come to > believe that the surname is likely miswritten / misspelled in the census > record. > > Thank you in advance for your reply. > > Larry > > > > ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WILLIAMS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WILLIAMS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message