Hi, Thanks for all the swift replies .I didnt do Latin at school ! . Whilst were on the subject. Im finding it hard to locate another person called Godfrey , i know geoffrey is a form of Godfrey.Is there any other varients of GODFREY ? Were going back to 1580 and his name is actually transcribed as "GODFRODI" . I have acopy of will from 1640 and baptisms of children and they say Godfrey. I have as yet never been able to locate a birth for Godfrey , i have old copies of books with him refered to, im wondering did his name have a varient and should i look under this? sue