This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.alberta.general/4359.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Yes, very confusing indeed. I went and copy and pasted below all births for William and Grace in Ontario and this is what comes up: Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1907 Name: George Lydia Cook Date of Birth: 7 Oct 1893 Gender: Male Birth County: Nipissing Father's name: William Thomas Cook Mother's name: Grace Ann Potts Roll Number: MS929_130 Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1907 Name: Robert John Earnest Cook Date of Birth: 3 Jul 1890 Gender: Male Birth County: Manitoulin Father's name: William Thomas Cook Mother's name: Grace Anne Potts Roll Number: MS929_97 Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1907 Name: Norman Sinclar Halbertson Cook Date of Birth: 25 Aug 1888 Gender: Male Birth County: Manitoulin Father's name: William Thomas Cook Mother's name: Grace Potts Roll Number: MS929_86 Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1907 Name: William Everett Cook Date of Birth: 27 May 1892 Gender: Male Birth County: Manitoulin Father's name: William Thos Cook Mother's name: Gracie Potts Roll Number: MS929_109 Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1907 Name: Elanor Elizabeth Cook Date of Birth: 23 Feb 1900 Gender: Female Birth County: Manitoulin Father's name: William T. Cook Mother's name: Grace Potts Roll Number: MS929_149 (spelling above is as what they have on the ancestry.ca website for the birth registrations)