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    1. Re: [BDF] Unusual Christian names: Hamlet
    2. Eve McLaughlin
    3. In message <d5.367aee15.31153a4e@aol.com>, AudreyJoyceMcC@aol.com writes >In a message dated 2/3/06 8:18:58 PM GMT Standard Time, >david11000carca@yahoo.fr writes: > >> 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!!!) >> I think it is very tempting, if you are surnamed Denmark (and have a bit of a literary bent). It is like all the people called Nelson who named a baby Horatio (and confused their descendants) - at least none of the Denmarks would have claimed royal ancestry because of it. -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society

    02/04/2006 04:30:19