I am amazed to see this after all this time! It is possible to tell the family by the spelling. The major locations so far are: New York, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, and Mississipi. These go back to the 1700's. The sources are the various marriage indicies, censuses, and genealogy reports as appears in several familytreemaker.com Internet Family Finders. There was alo input from the "Family Pedigees: Everton's Computerized Family File Volumes 2 & 3, 1400s-Present (#13)." The oldest member of my family still living is my 86 year old father, Nathaniel Joseph Ephriam. If any of this is helpful we can communicate via email:
pejohnson1952@gmail.com.