On 14 Sept, Don <basinger@burgoyne.com> requested a look-up in the 2000 edition of the GRD for surnames ALLEGREE, ALLEGRE and ALLAIGRE. (Don, you mentioned a first name, Gilles, but these are included very infrequently in the GRD, often with the very common surnames for which there are many listings.) You may be in luck because there is a listing for ALLEGRE, 1675-1775, location La Ciotat, FRA. This researcher has no e-mail :( but the name and address is Sumner Hunt, Route 1, Box 69A, Brent, Alabama 35034-9712, USA. There were no listings for ALLEGREE or ALLAIGRE. I checked the 1999 edition too but there was nothing there. Good luck, Don, and thanks for your kind words of encouragement about the H-W-E list. It's appreciated. Andrea