Very interesting, saves all that googling.   Thanks Shar http://www.genealogie.umontreal.ca/en/StatNomSurnom.asp As an example, enter the name Gasnier and you will see that this spelling was altered to a standard form and all the "dit" names that are associated with it through one means or another. Cheers! Doreen ======== _________________________________________________________________ New! Get to Messenger faster: Sign-in here now! http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9677407 ***************** Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: http://tr.im/hBAy Simcoe Co. GenWeb at http://www.waynecook.com/simcoe.shtml ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message