>>> Hi Clare, Thanks, I've checked a number of variations. My G gm was Bartholomew's aunt. The Church records for her marriage and children's births have her name (Mescall) recorded six different ways. Dave Collins > > From: "Clare Tuohy" <[email protected]> > Date: 25 March 2009 05:35:23 EDT > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Emigrant to Australia > Reply-To: [email protected] > > > David > > You probably have done this - looked at the surname variant Meskill > for Mescall- I am aware of some families using Meskill today. > > Clare