On the subject of names: A certain SIMON REYNOLDS has proven fairly elusive and I have wondered for the last four years whether or not he might actually have been named something else and just called Simon. Pat, would your book have anything to say about the name, or "nicknames" for, Simon? He would have been born about 1820, probably in the east of County Galway, and was Catholic. Thank you, Sheila <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

I have another question about Irish naming patterns that is a bit different. I have read about the typical naming patterns for boys vs girls, and have read comments that there may be some variations to the pattern in different areas of Ireland. But my question is about the use of middle names. I see Irish families on Census records where there is a 1st and last name for the parents who were born in Ireland and moved to the US, but then start to see 1st and middle names for some of their children born in the US, though usually no middle names for the first child or two. Did people born in Ireland have middle names or was that something that started in the US? Just wondering if anyone knows about that. [email protected] wrote: On the subject of names: A certain SIMON REYNOLDS has proven fairly elusive and I have wondered for the last four years whether or not he might actually have been named something else and just called Simon. Pat, would your book have anything to say about the name, or "nicknames" for, Simon? He would have been born about 1820, probably in the east of County Galway, and was Catholic. Thank you, Sheila ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. ====Irish American Mailing List===== Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname Registry at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains.

Pat, would your book have anything to say about the name, or "nicknames" > for, Simon? Sorry, I can't do this while in Florida. I get home the last week of March so if you post this again the first week of April, I'll do the lookup when I get home where all my books are. -- Pat Connors, visiting Port Charlotte FL http://www.connorsgenealogy.com