Hello, list -- I hope the following comments will be helpful. They are in response to a post today (2 Aug) from Tverdov@aol.com who posted about the MOSSAY surname, apparently originating in Frence, and also asking: < Can someone tell me what or where Wallonia was?> I don't have any info about the MOSSAY surname -- other than to offer my usual suggestion to try the IGI and other features on the LDS web site at www.familysearch.org which may give some clues. However, I can supply some information about Wallonia. It is a region of present-day Belgium which is located to the south of Brussels and between the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France. For further details about this region, please go to the following URL which is the page for Welcome to Wallonia! Belgium's Information Site -- http://www.wco.com/~sfwallon/ . There is also a web site called Wallonia: Genealogy Databank for French-speaking Belgium. The home page (in French) is at: http://users.skynet.be/wallonia/wallonia.htm . You can choose an English version once you are on this site or you can go directly to English at: http://users.skynet.be/wallonia/wallonia.htm#uk . There is a surname search feature on this page which may help in finding info re: MOSSAY. There were no dates included in the post from Tverdov@aol.com but I suspect that "Walloon" in this case is meant in the modern sense, not the historical sense that is usual on this list. For further comments on this topic, please see post of April 13 in list archives with subject line -- Walloons: modern vs historical. Good luck in your search. Hope this has helped. Andrea