Roy, I have an interest in Ormondroyds. My grgr grandmother was an Ormondroyd. Can you provide me with any names? Any help would be appreciated. Best Wishes & Kind Regards, John Oughtibridge johnny@cyberwc.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Stockdill" <roy@stockdillfhs.org.uk> To: <ENG-YKS-BRADFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2003 8:52 AM Subject: Re: [ BRAD] 1861 Census look up request with address - Bankfoot > "Martin Bentley" <treemaker@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote... > > > I would also be delighted to hear from anyone else interested in this most unusual surname. I have lots of information on the ORMONDROYDS who were mainly from the Wibsey area.> > > EVERY time I read a post that says a surname is unusual, I have a > small bet with myself that I will find oodles of them on the BT Phone > Disc! I am rarely wrong. > > There are 77 Ormondroyds on it, 59 of them in Yorkshire. By contrast, > there are only around a dozen Stockdills. > > > Roy Stockdill (Editor, Journal of One-Name Studies) > SoG Executive & Director of Projects, FFHS > Guild of One-Name Studies:- www.one-name.org > Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History:- www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html > > Never ask a man if he comes from Yorkshire. If he does he will tell you, if he does not why humiliate him? - Canon Sydney Smith > > > ==== ENG-YKS-BRADFORD Mailing List ==== > FLAMING will not be tolerated on this mailing list - Anyone receiving Hostile and/or Unsavoury mail should contact the List Owner and include the received mail > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >