This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: House/Howse Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SFk.2ACIB/1212.1 Message Board Post: I think my family originally came from Dorset England. House and Howse have been changed intermitantly. I have John House in Newfoundland around 1790, marrying Anne. They had 4 children, Anne, John, Joseph and Robert. Does any of this sound like any you know. Thanks for any help, Jessie James