Before anyone goes ballistic, let me submit and refer you to the following resources pertaining to the Kelham family name and the other separate family named Kilham. These are some of the sources I have used in my efforts to trace the two distinct families named Kelham and Kilham. There are numerous other publications: - A Dictionary of English Surnames by P. H. Reaney; revised edition by R. M. Wilson; Oxford University Press, 19997; pages 261 (Kelham) and 265 (Kilham). - Domesday Book, 17 Volumes. - Patronymica Britannica, by Lower, 1860. - Surnames of the United Kingdom, by Harrison, 1912. - Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, by Bardsley, 1901. - Public Record Office in London England. - The late thirteenth-century Hundred Rolls. - Oxford Dictionary of Place-names. - English Place-name Elements, 2 volumes, by A. H. Smith - The numerous English county Place-names volumes. i.e.. Place-names of the East Riding of Yorkshire and York, by A. H. Smith. (Thank you P. Geist & R. Harriot for this book). - Olof von Feilitzen's book on the pre-Conquest personal names in the Domesday Book. - The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire, by Robert Thoroton, published 1790; three volumes, Volume III, pages 113-126. There is tons more information available but this should be ample to cover my gluteus maximus. Rick Kilham