Hello, Someone on the MA (US) List is looking for information on the RICHELIEU surname. I did a quick look at census information, and found it is not a popular name, but the families which did live in New England came down from Canada. I only found a few mentions of the name for MA. One was about 2 young children in the 1880 census, seemingly living in an orphanage in Holyoke, MA. Later there was a family in New Bedford, MA, and with a different spelling in Fall River, MA (RICHILIEU). Just curious if there are other spellings of this surname which I'm not thinking of. I just checked www.familysearch.org and it's not a popular name there, either. And, the SSDI records have people with surname, seeming to die in specific states in the US, like the Dakotas and Minnesota, or CA or Colorado, or NY or FL, for example. (Not New England) Just an FYI for you. Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) List Administrator