Hi Tim, I received this yesterday: ====== From: rvanzant@ckt.net (Rhonda Vanzant) To: <DeLOACH-L-request@rootsweb.com> Subject: my moms madien name is deloach can you help me find it origan? if so please let me know. thanks for your time. ====== .... to which I replied: Hi Rhonda, The origin of the name comes from the anglicized version of DesLoges. For more details, go to: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~javan/desloges/ Do you have any ancestral information on your DeLoach line beyond your mother? ====== .... and got this rely: From: rvanzant@ckt.net (Rhonda Vanzant) To: <javan@paonline.com> Subject: deloach X-UIDL: 913400164 Status: U my grandfarther william delaoch, died almost six years ago,he and some of deloach who are related to me live in Louisiana. my mom siad she thought it is french-canadian. i will ask my mom and grama more about it. my grandfather was a pastor ? i know he gave sermans at a local church when my mom was in her teens. thanks for your time and help. =================== Do you think you might have some info which might help this new researcher? Hope things are well with you there in Those Everlasting Hills of Oklahoma. Mike