This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/5519/IMJ.2ACEB/1770.1 Message Board Post: Hi, I too am poking around in the Cochran genealogy woodpile and find very interesting trends where a family surname becomes a given name in later generations. Alonzo is one such name in my line. I am looking to see if there is overlap between two seemingly independent Cochran clans. I have some stuff written on some very interesting coincidences in the Wash. -Idaho area regarding several Cochrans. Please let me know if you would wish me to E-Mail them for your comment. Cheers, Les Graham