I don't know if you folks realize it but one can subscribe for about $50.00 per year to the William & Mary Quarterly Online and it is downright fun! Almost every, if not all, issue of the Quarterly is on there and there are some fascinating articles from the days when the Quarterly did a lot of genealogical work. One of the issues has an article on the old pronunciations of Virginia names and that is like a trip down memory lane! I live in York County but I grew up in Warwick County which was and should still be pronounced "Warrick" but newcomers (who seem to be everywhere now) insist on saying, "Wor-WICK", which is an abomination to my ears. Old timers in Yorktown and York County pronounce "York" like "Yawk". A few years ago I was visiting in Yorkshire England and I was tickled to hear those people pronounce the word "yawk". Another word that Yorkshire people say the way I remember it being pronounced when I was growing up was "chimney". They say "chimley" which is how I said it until I went to school and was taught to say it the way it is spelled. Recently I was visiting in Lynchburg and heard a man say "Charlottesville" like "Shaw-vul". And he wasn't even very old! Baby-boomer vintage. Some of the names listed in the Quarterly comparing names with pronunciation are: Spelt: ARMISTEAD pronounced UMSTEAD BERKELEY.......................BARKLEY or BARTLETT BERNARD.........................BARNETT BROCKENBROUGH........BROKENBUROUGH BLOUNT........................... BLUNT BURWELL.........................BURRELL BOOTH..............................BOWTHE CALLOWHILL..................CARROLL CHAMBERLAINE.............CHAUMBERLIN CHISMAN.........................CHEESEMAN CRENSHAW......................GRAINGER DEGGE or DEGGES...........DIGGS DREWRY............................DRUITT ENROUGHTY.................... DARBY FARRAR-FERRER..............FARR FAUNTLEROY...................FANTILROY FONTAINE,,.......................FOUNTIN FULGHAM..........................FULLJUM GEDDY................................GADDY GILLIAM.............................GILLAM GOODWIN..........................GOODIN GOOCH...............................GOUGE HAIRSTON..........................HARSTON HEYWARD..........................HOWARD HAUGHTON-HAWTHORNE........................HORTON HARWOOD.........................HAROD IRONMONGER...................MONGER JAMES..................................JEEMES LANGHORNE......................LANGON LEIGH...................................LEE MALLICOTE.......................MALICUT MAURY...............................MURRY MICHEAUX.........................MISHER MONTFORD-MUNFORD...MUMFORD PATRICK.............................PARTRICK RANDOLPH.........................RANDALL SEWELL-SEAWELL............SOWEL TALIAFERRO......................TOLIVER That's a few listed. When I send this to the List I don't know what format it will come through as but I did my best to line everything up clearly. To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html