At 09:11 PM 1/23/00 EST, you wrote: > Liz, > Two or three things you mentioned in the last couple of letters are quite >interesting- the fact that Florence is a name more common to the southern >part of England being one. > Re: the religion of Blackburns. Have you come across any info. about >Methodist Blackburns in England? In my research it appears that in the US > I've not found any Methodist (or non-conformist or dissenting) Blackburns in England so far. All of my lot were strict C of E. But I'll watch out for them and post to the list if I see any. Re names: very frustrating! Every other girl child in Lancs in the 1800's was named Elizabeth Ellen, and all the others were Margaret, Mary, Alice and Jane. The boys were all Robert, William, Thomas and John, with a few Peter's and Richard's thrown in. When a family had so many children that they ran out of names, they just turned 'em around backwards and named the new ones Ellen Elizabeth instead of Elizabeth Ellen <grin>. I'm trying to figure out which of the dozens of Robert Blackburns married to Ellen something's is mine, and I suppose I'm going to have to write for birth certs to know for sure. American Blackburns were much more creative in their naming. Liz