Thanks Phil. I've seen several of these sites at various times. The family feel our name comes from France (French Huguenots) and there is the famous Pont du Gard, the department Gard, various towns that include the name in Provence. Other variations of early Gards in England go back to Williamthe Conqueror and a lot of his warriors were Vikings. Gard and variations thereof is very common in the Scandinavian countries. My thanks to all for their help. Bill in Nanaimo -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 4:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ENG-LIV] FOR BILL IN NANAIMO Bill, Greetings from Western Australia! If you type "Learn about the family history of your surname" into Google it comes up with an Ancestry map search opportunity which might be what you want. Good Luck! Phil ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Admin Message - List guidelines: http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm The list admin can be contacted at [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message