Hello everyone -- apologies for my long absence from this list. I see that you've been doing quite well without me, though <g>. Many thanks to those of you who've kept the list going at a fairly lively pace in the last few months. Now, to the business of this list. Here follows a Message Board Post {MBP}, originally posted on the HWE Board last month. It's being forwarded to the list by me, your list concierge. If you'd like to reply to this forwarded post, see instructions at the end of this message. Regards to all, Andrea (list concierge) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Posted on HWE Board: August 20, 2003 Message Board Post as follows: Can anyone provide a connection between these two family groups? Are the Southampton and South Hampshire VAINs descended from Huguenot refugees from the Dieppe area or Rouen area where the surname VAIN is still in evidence? If you'd like to reply to this Board post, please do so *on the Board* (not on the list) by clicking on the following URL. This will lead you to the original message on the Board. Once there, click on Post Reply. Your reply may then be forwarded to this list. http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Fq.2ADEAE/188 END of Message Board post

Andrea - Please accept a "welcome back". Yours Aye Andrew Sellon East Anglia Holland and the Netherlands are not fit Countries for the habitation of man. They are usurped from the Kingdom of Frogs, and are the proper domicile of Aquatic Reptiles. Rev. Sydney Smith 1771-1854, Canon of St. Paul's. From: "Andrea Vogel" <[email protected]> > Hello everyone -- apologies for my long absence from > this list. I see that you've been doing quite well without > me, though <g>. <snip>