On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 17:25:51 -0700, Martha Heinrichs wrote: | Does anyone recognize the name "FLONIEDES" as being a Brooks |first name that could have been passed down? I don't, and I've never seen this name before. I don't mean to be a naysayer, but given the difficulties of reading handwritten records, particularly the census, and the fact that many of the constituent letters in Floniedes are those which are often hardest to read, like the lower-case vowels, "r" and "n" -- could this be a misreading of Florinda? Sorry for the unhelpful response. Chris