In Lancaster, Lancashire I think every other male Copeland/Coupland was named Lawrence/Laurence. The hard part is figuring out which was which. We have traced my husband's family back to a William Coupland, b. April 1776. We believe his parents were Laurence Coupland and Elizabeth Richardson. Sibblings were - Robert, b. 1773, Laurence, b. 1778, May 1780, Harry, b. 1783 and Margaret, b. 1785. Are any of these people familiar to anyone? Pat SEARCHING FOR GENEALOGY RECORDS FOR THE FOLLOWING: Bennett/Berrisford/Butler/Bickle/Chambers/Copeland/Edkin(Atkins) Howard/Lamb/Losee/McAlpine/McMaster/Robertson/See/White VISIT our family Web Site at http://home.cogeco.ca/~regcopeland/