Hi List, My thoughts on this: When the French landed on these shores,and having a thick pronunciation of their names,whoever was taking down and recording it into a document usually wrote it as they heard it. So when these people need things recorded in the future they had to write their name as recorded on these first records to to rule out confusion. My Cousin was Delarosbille,Delarosby in Paspebiac,Quebec and when they migrated to Maine it changed to Derosby. Some names changed ,Ex. Dugue to Duguay in Maine but is still pronounced (Dugee ?) at least it sounds like that to me) lol. Don't forget to peek at the Lunar Eclipse tonite! Have a nice day! Rose in cold and windy Ashland,Ma. _________________________________________________________________ Is your computer infected with a virus? Find out with a FREE computer virus scan from McAfee. Take the FreeScan now! http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963