Listers -- Here's another post forwarded from the Board. I'm embarrassed to say that it was posted last June. My apologies for this tardiness. This forwarded post has also received four replies on the Board over the past few months. If you'd like to reply to the message below and/or view any of the replies to it on the Board, there are details at the very end of this message on how to do that. I will not be forwarding any of the existing replies from the Board to the list because it's just too cumbersome. You'll have to go to the Board to see them. Andrea (as list concierge) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] (Ruth Jarvis) Date Posted on HWE Board: June 29, 2003 Message Board Post as follows: I have a bit of a family mystery. My father hailed from London and his name was James JAGOT JARVIS, the JAGOT bit being a middle name as opposed to a double barrel. My eldest sister (the first born) is Julie JAGOT JARVIS, but my other sister and myself do not bear this middle name. The story is that JAGOT is a name handed down to the first born, no matter what sex they are and it has been a tradition of this branch of the JARVIS family for goodness knows how long. In my research, it has been suggested that this is of huguenot origin and I would really like to find out. Julie has handed down the name to her son, but has chosen to make it a double barrel because it is obviously a name that needs to be passed on for some reason now forgotten and that is a way of making it more permanent. Has anyone any ideas, please? Where should I look to find out the JAGOT JARVIS link, has anyone ever heard of it, etc. Many thanks indeed! ============================================== To view and then reply to the original message on the Board, click on: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Fq.2ADEAE/178 and then click on Post Reply. Any replies to the message which are already on the Board can be viewed by scrolling down below the message and then clicking on the subject line of any of the replies you want to see. END of Message Board Post