This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jjcaffrey Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/7372.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hmmm... not sure what you were looking at. Attached is the page I saw. As for the *, usually in the directories, if you go the page for the A's, there is a list of abbreviations. Maybe it is described there. Regards, John Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.