In a message dated 4/6/2000 7:09:42 AM Pacific Daylight Time, buetvsia@netins.net writes: << that is if anyone has any idea(s) as to WHAT different spellings could be used for the last name of BODRIC - please step forward and let me know. I used the Univ. of Montreal site to look up the different names/variations, but there wasn't any for BODRIC.... >> Did you look up the variants for BOUDROT and BOUDREAU and similar sounding names???? Sometimes you have to start from the opposite direction, in that search system. There may be something close in those variant lists. Ginny list admin - ILSTANNE-L VCrawf@aol.com