About pronouncing Barraclough, Linda wrote: > But there is annecdotal evidence from the 1880s of mine striding down the streets of Wilcannia, in outback New South Wales (Australia), correcting people, and insisting the pronunciation was of the "rhyme with slow" type. And we still use that pronunciation here. :) That is exciting to me as well, since my gg grandfather was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, so the pronunciation would possibly have come with him. And some of his descendants just decided to change it? The name is used over and over, as a first or middle name, among descendants here in Canada, and we all say it the same way. However, a third cousin who grew up in England, and has it for a last name, insists its "cluff". By the way, my ggg grandfather was Joshua Barraclough, b. about 1778 (presumably in Yorkshire), married to Elizabeth Horner 25 Jun 1798, in Harewood, Yorkshire. I hope someone connects with us somewhere! Jeannette Claridge Nelson, B.C.