In article >, S Viemeister
> wrote:

> Start doing genealogy, and you will see many variations in how names are
> spelled. I went to school with a girl whose first and second cousins had
> 5 different spellings of the family name.
> I've only met one other McQuown - I went to acting school with him, many
> years ago. It seems to be one of the less common variations.

I googled "spellings of Blaisdell". It lists fourteen and says there
are many more. I thought I was special.

leo