At 07:00 AM 19/01/04 -0700, Colin Cruddace wrote: >I suppose a case could be made for daughters carrying the family name on after marriage, but what about sons? These sound very improbable and I wonder if anyone else has come across similar entries, or has actually known anyone with such a name. I have noticed one or two such and always TWYSed exactly. I vaguely attributed them to the notifier perhaps being illiterate - as was the case with several of my ancestors mid 18th century. __________________________________________________________ Keith Sayers, Canberra, Australia kmsayers@pcug.org.au Mail : 6 Clambe Place, CHARNWOOD, ACT 2615 http://www.pcug.org.au/~kmsayers ----------------------------------------------------------