this from David Daugherty....could certainly be of some help. Rebecca > >Click here: U.S. Surname Distribution or http://www.hamrick.com/names You > can type in your surname and the year 1850, 1860, 1920, 1990 to name a few > and it will show you on a map of the united states what state your name was > in. cool! Linda Lewis-Weissinger > >