This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Seaman Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/7aB.2ACEAE/307.1.3.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for the reply! Unfortunely I'm not searching for Seamans in Canada but I am searching for Smiths or Smythes in Canada.The name Smith/Smythe was given to my ggrandfather.ARTHUR EDWIN SMITH/SMYTHE was a tall red headed Scotch-Inuite Indian that worked on the rail road for a living and his family was very active with horses.His last name was given to him because the name that he carried was too hard to pronounce. I'm a Seaman by marriage :-) My husband was the 10th generation of grandsons of Capt. John Seaman and Martha Moore.Other words,Capt John and Martha were my husbands ggggggggggrandparents.They departed from Essex,England to arrive at Long Island.Does any of this "ring" a bell with you?? Hope this helps you a little.