Barbara, I agree with your suggestion regarding posting Queries.
As far as the spelling. . . We know that the languages spoken in Ireland, Scotland, and
the Channel Islands were very different from
the Old English spoken by some of the early colonists from England. I believe that many
who came here before 1750 with a name that
has become CARROLL, had a spelling that might have helped us locate their background if we
only knew the early name.
Of course, many very early colonists couldn't write their name, so they became
whomever the ship captain, clerk, or census taker
happened to write down.
I agree that we must look for all spellings that might sound the least bit like Carroll.
That would include Carl, Karl, Karol,
Karlle, etc, because not all who now spell the name Carroll came from Ireland.
One tool now available to determine the region from which a CARROLL male lineage came is
the Carroll Y-DNA Project through
FamilyTreeDNA. If there are men with the name Carroll (any spelling) who would be willing
to scrape the inside of their cheek for
what is said to be "junk" chromosomes for comparison with other Carroll lines,
it would make it easier for them to establish a
lineage. To read more about this check the sites below.
Lura
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/carroll/
http://www.childtalk.com/History/carrollfamilydna.html
http://www.familytreedna.com/surname_join.asp?code=F25174&special=True
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----- Original Message -----
From: <Beajaye56(a)aol.com>
To: <CARROLL-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 7:22 PM
Subject: [CARROLL] (no subject)
Hi Everyone,
Just that I might share a few thoughts, When posting on a Carroll family
Please post some dates, Places and it would help other that are willing to look
for this family and Idea on what ages to look for, and also I have found my
Carrell family under every spelling under the sun, here are a few Carrell,
Carroll, Cairoll, Carrol, Carol, Carrol, and Carel, Caurell,
Thank you
Barbara Carrell (maiden) Carroll (married)