Some of the stranger spellings I've seen are: Willyams, Wilyams, Wilyems (I guess someone was using the phonetic spelling) Guilemos, Gillemous (the Spanish name for William/Williams) As someone else also said, if you are using something like Ancestry.com, the best way may be to use the Wilcard search, which enables you to use only the first 3 letters of a surnames along with an asterisk * or a question mark ? and see what comes up. Deloris ----- Original Message ----- From: <LWilson181@aol.com> To: <WILLIAMS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 6:40 AM Subject: [WILLIAMS] Surname Misspelling >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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.2/787 - Release Date: 5/3/2007 > 2:11 PM > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.2/787 - Release Date: 5/3/2007 2:11 PM