Cecil, I am not sure about the WALL's because my great grandfather, William WALL, left his family to seek his fortune in CA as a gold miner. His son, Alban Truscott WALL immigrated to America in 1887 with his TRUSCOTT grandparents. I really don't know anything much about the WALL surname even though it was my maiden name. I just recently started to research it intently after I lost my Father a year and a half ago. I always though the name WALL was an English name but recently learned that it can also be Irish. I still finding the WALL's in Tewksbury, Gloc. as an English family back to the late 1790's though. Now, the TRUSCOTT'S are another story. I belong to an online family group which includes the TRUSCOTT'S and between everyone on it, we have gotten the TRUSCOTT surname pretty well researched. They were originally from Phileigh, Cornwall, then went to Wales (Glamorgan) for work, the coal mines of course. Then the family immigrated to Nanticoke, PA where my 2nd grandfather was a Pastor at the Nanticoke Primitive Methodist church. The TRUSCOTT's did move all over the US. We have several TRUSCOTT's on the Family site that are from Australia and Tasmania. One of the cousin's in Australia has a direct line through a sister of one of my TRUSCOTT ggg grandfathers. I know that my grandfather's Black Lung was his problem because there were no sick benefits back then. He had to depend on state charity and the little bits of money that his 2 young son's could bring in with odd jobs before they graduated from high school. Funny, that someone would spend about 80 or more % of his life working for the coal mines which fired the beginning's of the Industrial Age and 2 world wars and then become sick from it and die in poverty! I am glad that this has changed. I always feel very sad when there is a coal mine accident here or around the world. It reaches out and tugs at my heart strings. It always seems so personal! Thanks for the information, Cecil. Take care and Happy Warm Weather at last, Janet <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.