Hi Cathy Perhaps not as uncommon as both you and I thought - there are over 1700 entries on the IGI (OK, some will be duplicated) My favourite has to be Christened 9 Nov 1814 at Norwich: Hamlet Prince William Denmark, son of Hamlet and Amy Denmark ( controlled extract, not a member submission!!!) Regards David AudreyJoyceMcC@aol.com a écrit : Listers Does anyone have any Hamlets in their family? It seems to crop-up in one branch of my family all the time [usually as a middle name] as far back as I can trace them...I can't imagine that they knew Shakespeare's play Hamlet which is the only Hamlet I have heard of outside these people? Their surname was VOERKER [later Anglicised as WORKER]. cathy ==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== The Bedfordshire Surnames List can be viewed at: http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html --------------------------------- Nouveau : téléphonez moins cher avec Yahoo! Messenger ! Découvez les tarifs exceptionnels pour appeler la France et l'international.Téléchargez la version beta.