I have been researching the above names for many years and have a database with around 7000 names. Almost all of the FLORENCEs of Scotland originated from one or two FLORENCE families who lived in Fyvie, in the early 1600's. >From there FLORENCE's spread throughout Aberdeenshire, Scotland and then the world. I have been in contact with many other researchers over the years but periodically post to this list to see if the are any newbies or indeed anyone with new information to add to the database. I am happy to check the database for anyone or to provide descendant charts or gedcoms and other information which I have. The database can be seen at World Connect. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=florencescot Tony Christiansen, Great Barrier Island, New Zealand. teecee@ihug.co.nz