Hello Marg, Thanks for putting that in. I used to be married to one of those J. Walkers, and at one stage I made enquiries at one of our larger banks about how many Elizabeth Rose Walkers there were on their customer base. In that particular bank, in this state (NSW), there were something like 40 of us, and Australia wide, several hundred. The James Walkers outnumbered the Elizabeths by many hundreds - and I knew there were thousands of James. I wonder if "John" Walker is almost as common as "James" - I would presume it is. I feel it shows that in families with reasonably common "Christian" names, they should give their children three names, not the usual two. Thoughts on a cloudy day. Liz Lake Macquarie. MargM wrote: > Dear Listers > > Have you noticed how this data base has improved ??? . You > can now do county wide surname searches , > like I just found there are 3132 x J WALKERs ! > > Excellent ! > > > Bye > > MargM > List Admin > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > >
Hi Liz & listers, I searched for someone yesterday & gave up... just too many in the given area. I named my daughter with what was an unusual name because of our common surname. Was told many a time that it was beautiful but unusual. Not so unusual... I can do a Google & find many with her first & surname (hopefully none of them have her middle name). The interesting thing is that these girls/women seem to have the same interests that my daughter has! I've always found the connection between names & people's personalties very interesting. When researching an ancestor I often think of people I know of the same name & ponder whether they were the same in personality/character. Anyway it's a very good & timely reason to be careful about our research & whether we have the right person when we find some information. Just some thoughts on my way out... Deb. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Walker" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 8:43 AM Subject: Re: [HV] Big change in the on line Whitepages <snipped>