Hi Mainly for Suzie Morley You are fortunate in having so much information available about the possible origins of TOUCHARD. I won't attempt to translate from the French as I'm sure you will soon have no shortage of English versions available to you. However, I did look up the name on: http://www.geneanet.org There are 50 pages of Touchard entries - a brief look seemed to indicate that many of the early ones were indeed from Sarthe and Mayenne. Apparently, Sarthe and Mayenne were formed, after the French Revolution, from part of the Province of Maine: so you at least have a geographical locus for your research. There is also a TOUCHARD forum on Geneanet. There are about 5 messages - all in French. However, they may not be of interest to you as they seem mostly to concern a TOUCHARD conection with the French island of Reunion. Best wishes Martin Blignaut ps. I hope this pleases you as I wouldn't care to awaken any violent and aggressive genes! -- Martin moslins1@fastmail.fm -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Does exactly what it says on the tin