Paula,
I research Lybolt Libolt Liebolt Leyboldt etc. and when I look at some of the census records from NY the index will say Sybolt or Seybolt but they are realy L spellings, the person who indexed them did not study the takers handwriting. So you might find the same problem in reverse. Please look at my homepage http://members.aol.com/Lybolts3/index.html and let me know if you see anyone who looks like a conection to your "S" spelling. Good luck.
JIM