The line that I have traced back the furthest was a Smith line. My six-times great-grandmother was Mary Smith. Her thrice-great grandfather Wyllam Smythe of Bowerbank made made his Will in 1587 in Barton Parish, Westmorland. Just play the hand that you are dealt. Rock At 01:49 AM 8/31/00 EDT, you wrote: >In a message dated 08/30/2000 6:54:22 PM Pacific Daylight Time, >GranmaBee@aol.com writes: > ><< > I want ancestors with names like Rudimentary Montagnard or Melchizenick von > Steubenhoffmanschild or Spetznatz Giafortoni, not William Brown or John > Taylor or Mary Smith. > >> > >Ah, wouldn't it be wonderful... > >Patti, with ancestors: >JOHNSON, WILLIAMS, SMITH, SMITH (lucky with TWO Smith lines), BIRD, >ALEXANDER, O'BRIEN