At , you wrote: >At 08:15 PM 8/9/99 -0400, you wrote: >>Does anyone know if the Pickle family changed their name to Bickle? I have >>been told that, but I have no proof of it. >> In German, the P and B sounds were virtually interchangeable and you will find the names spelled both ways by our English, non-German-speaking, clerks. Henry Peninger appears in early Augusta County records as Beninger. Nedra Nedra Dickman Brill, Certified Genealogist brillnd@pacifier.com Historian, Henckel Family National Association Coordinator Pendleton County, WV, wvpendle-l@rootsweb.com