In a message dated 5/26/2004 2:03:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time, jmdemontalk@clear.net.nz writes: > Nancy is definitely a pet name for Ann. > thats not the question is this Ann this Nancy? who knows yet i bet some of you are about to throw her into the tree with no proof. I have seeen it too many times. Oh!! this must be our nancy Buy you do know families live in clusters and they have naming patterns and so nancy or /and ann could be the familys female name. this is what bothers me about this i have 80000 names for chelsea revere & winthrop ma its only a start to doing all the citys but i see that easy assumptions dont work, almost never. yet too many geneaologists do it. which is why i would never take igi or world tree or anything like that as gospel. Chelsea,Ma.-Woburn,Ma.-denning-dennen-danin-dinan-dinihey-denningston-dinning- carlon-carroll-dever-cogan-malone-heslin-piscopo-mazzola-martini-farrell-mchug h-farley-grimes-lynch-doherty-SanDanto,Ita-Adargh,longford-Revere,Ma-Wintrop,M a.-sprague- and ever growing list Jim Denning