Hello, I have been trying to track down a GG grandfather who left the UK in 1895. I found his Ellis Island entry so went to the next US Census to find where he was living in 1900. This is sort of incidental... I have looked through several hundred "Charles Wallace" entries so far, not finding the right one so far. Quite a few states to do yet! What I have seen is an appreciable number of people with this name whose parents were both German(more) or both Swedish (less common). Does anyone know how widespread surname adoption was? This must confuse some people badly, looking for Scottish roots when in fact they are in Bavaria! I'd be interested to hear of other experiences on the issue. Graeme