In a message dated 10/24/05 9:46:42 PM Central Daylight Time, jfarnen@acegroup.cc writes: > - and have been trying to figure out how to correctly spell a name that has > really got me stumped....Ulger/Eugere/Euchère > Join the crowd. Spelling is one of the most difficult problems in genealogy. We often find dozens of different spellings for the same person. There is a site that lists French 1st names: http://www.cafe.rapidus.net/jhuriaux/femmesa.html (females) http://www.cafe.rapidus.net/jhuriaux/hommese.html (males) Here are the EUG entries...but there are many more EU entries: Eugène Eugéniel Eugénien Eugénio Eugénius Eugère Eugérie Eugésippe Possibilities under U: Ulgère I would go along with Ginny that your FC relative was most likely a Eugene in the USA. Many times they Amercanized their French names to something that was not even close to their original name. Guess they just picked a name they happened to liked. Audrey Peters Oak Lawn, IL