On Wed, 1 Aug 2018 at 18:36, Teri Cleaveland <bunnypurple51@gmail.com> wrote: > > I really like Lancashire's Online Parish Record site and how it's set up. > http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/ ... > Right now I need Durham, Cheshire and Derbyshire. ... For Co. Durham, there is https://www.durhamrecordsonline.com This is a pay site but so far as I remember, the transcripts are quite full. For Cheshire, the http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~cprdb/ is a free site with full "transcripts" (reordered text but otherwise full). Unfortunately, ever so often (like *now*) it goes belly up and we're dependent on someone being in the college to fix it. It contains about a dozen, no more, parishes. Otherwise, FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/ has indexes for (nearly all) Cheshire - these are only indexes and they omit a lot of other text, like occupations and places of residence. But the price is right - free.... (There are a handful of omitted parishes - some because the registers overlap beyond the nominal privacy point of somewhere about 190-something-ish-maybe. Also Astbury sell their own parish registers so aren't going to allow FS or FMP to take them - but Astbury's BTs are in FS). And Cheshire PRs and BTs are on the pay-site FindMyPast - they use indexes originally from FamilySearch. Derbyshire, I'm afraid is beyond my ken. Adrian

I really like Lancashire's Online Parish Record site and how it's set up. http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/ Do other areas have similar sites? I have looked, but was disappointed in what I found, especially for Cheshire, but then maybe I didn't have the right place. Right now I need Durham, Cheshire and Derbyshire. Thank you, you guys always come through! Teri Cleaveland

From the Leigh Journal: "THE archive services at Leigh Town Hall will close next Monday as part of the building's refurbishment. "The Wigan Archives and Local Studies' staff and public search room will move to its temporary home at Leigh Library from November 5 until the town hall building work is completed by the scheduled date of spring 2020. "A limited service will be available at the Museum of Wigan Life until the end of October. "Opening hours will remain the same at the archives services while it is based at Leigh Library but there will be limited access to the collections." <snip> "There will also be a two-year temporary exhibition programme with its content shaped by community contributions and working in partnership with the Museum of Wigan Life." Request access to archived documents by contacting 01942 404430. For more information about the service and access arrangements visit wigan.gov.uk/archives. You can read the entire article at https://tinyurl.com/ybu2f3qs Lynne

From The Peterloo Memorial Campaign: "BBC have been in touch, and are interested in talking to anyone who knows they're a descedent <sic> of one of those who died at Peterloo, or were badly injured." If you qualify, contact paul.burnell2@bbc.co.uk Twitter- @peebbeeb Names of those present at Peterloo: http://www.peterloomassacre.org/names.html Please let the list know if you contact the BBC and what the result is. Lynne

Manchester History Revisited has updated the Crumpsall and Ashton-under-Lyne photo albums on its Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/ManchesterHistoryRevisited/ You can see the albums without having a Facebook account, but you'll have to put up with a few annoying pop-ups from Facebook. Enjoy! Lynne

Hello; I am wondering if anyone has any information on the family below; Thomas Capstick who married Elizabeth Hogg on August 9, 1824 at Eccles, Lancashire. They had a son John H. born about 1827 who married Mary Ann Hulme on October 4, 1846 at St. Michael’s, Ashton Under Lynn. I am particularly interested in the names of Thomas’s parents and if he and Mary Ann had additional children besides John H. Any information is appreciated. Bill Cook Sent from Mail for Windows 10

My Dad, who was 3rd generation born in England, pronounced it as it reads in English, Menzies. However, my Mum's GP was Scottish and, when he asked for her married name to update her records, she was soundly told off and told to pronounce it Mingis (sounding the g ) and that was what we stuck with! I did tend to use the English version more at work though - the novelty of telling people how to spell your surname correctly soon wore off! Dot On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 6:36 PM, rhoda6 via LANCSGEN <lancsgen@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > Martin > I had no intention of correctng anyone, My intention was to give a > possible reason for the evolution of the surname which Dot and Ian > mentioned in their earlier messages. > Rhoda (in London, England) > > Sent from Samsung tablet > > -------- Original message -------- > From: "Martin Briscoe (W10 laptop)" <list@mbriscoe.me.uk> > Date: 25/07/2018 17:03 (GMT+00:00) > To: lancsgen@rootsweb.com > Subject: [LAN] Re: FAO Ian White > > I believe it is the Gaelic pronunciation and some Scots take great > pleasure in correcting people! But the only correct way of pronouncing a > name is the way that the holder of the name wants it pronounced and many > people have adopted the common "English" pronunciation. > > Martin Briscoe > Fort William > Ancestry DNA, FTDNA (B68554), GEDMatch (A374507) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: rhoda6 via LANCSGEN [mailto:lancsgen@rootsweb.com] > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 4:35 PM > To: lancsgen@rootsweb.com > Cc: rhoda6 <rhoda6@btinternet.com> > Subject: [LAN] Re: FAO Ian White > > > > Hi Dot (and Ian) > When I was growing up in Edinburgh in the 1950s/'60s there was a > well-known chain of stationers, newsagents etc called John Menzies. They > had a large branch in Prince''s Street which everyone knew as 'Mingies' > pronounced with a silent 'g'. I always understood that this was the true > pronunciation of the surname which had gaelic origins. > Rhoda. > > > _______________________________________________ > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > GENUKI - a virtual reference library of genealogical information. > http://www.genuki.org.uk/ > > Contact the list administrator at LancsGen-admin@rootsweb.com > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe and Archives https://mailinglists.rootsweb. > com/listindexes/search/lancsgen > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community > > _______________________________________________ > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > GENUKI - a virtual reference library of genealogical information. > http://www.genuki.org.uk/ > > Contact the list administrator at LancsGen-admin@rootsweb.com > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe and Archives https://mailinglists.rootsweb. > com/listindexes/search/lancsgen > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community >

Martin I had no intention of correctng anyone,  My intention was to give a possible reason for the evolution of the surname which Dot and Ian mentioned in their earlier messages. Rhoda (in London, England) Sent from Samsung tablet -------- Original message -------- From: "Martin Briscoe (W10 laptop)" <list@mbriscoe.me.uk> Date: 25/07/2018 17:03 (GMT+00:00) To: lancsgen@rootsweb.com Subject: [LAN] Re: FAO Ian White I believe it is the Gaelic pronunciation and some Scots take great pleasure in correcting people!  But the only correct way of pronouncing a name is the way that the holder of the name wants it pronounced and many people have adopted the common "English" pronunciation.  Martin Briscoe Fort William Ancestry DNA, FTDNA (B68554), GEDMatch (A374507) -----Original Message----- From: rhoda6 via LANCSGEN [mailto:lancsgen@rootsweb.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 4:35 PM To: lancsgen@rootsweb.com Cc: rhoda6 <rhoda6@btinternet.com> Subject: [LAN] Re: FAO Ian White     Hi Dot (and Ian) When I was growing up in Edinburgh in the 1950s/'60s there was a well-known chain of stationers, newsagents etc called John Menzies.  They had a large branch in Prince''s Street which everyone knew as 'Mingies' pronounced with a silent 'g'.  I always understood that this was the true pronunciation of the surname which had gaelic origins. Rhoda. _______________________________________________ :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: GENUKI - a virtual reference library of genealogical information.  http://www.genuki.org.uk/ Contact the list administrator  at LancsGen-admin@rootsweb.com :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe and Archives https://mailinglists.rootsweb.com/listindexes/search/lancsgen Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY  Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

I believe it is the Gaelic pronunciation and some Scots take great pleasure in correcting people! But the only correct way of pronouncing a name is the way that the holder of the name wants it pronounced and many people have adopted the common "English" pronunciation. Martin Briscoe Fort William Ancestry DNA, FTDNA (B68554), GEDMatch (A374507) -----Original Message----- From: rhoda6 via LANCSGEN [mailto:lancsgen@rootsweb.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 4:35 PM To: lancsgen@rootsweb.com Cc: rhoda6 <rhoda6@btinternet.com> Subject: [LAN] Re: FAO Ian White Hi Dot (and Ian) When I was growing up in Edinburgh in the 1950s/'60s there was a well-known chain of stationers, newsagents etc called John Menzies. They had a large branch in Prince''s Street which everyone knew as 'Mingies' pronounced with a silent 'g'. I always understood that this was the true pronunciation of the surname which had gaelic origins. Rhoda.

Hi Dot (and Ian) When I was growing up in Edinburgh in the 1950s/'60s there was a well-known chain of stationers, newsagents etc called John Menzies.  They had a large branch in Prince''s Street which everyone knew as 'Mingies' pronounced with a silent 'g'.  I always understood that this was the true pronunciation of the surname which had gaelic origins. Rhoda.  Sent from Samsung tablet -------- Original message -------- From: Dot holden <koolbean1234@gmail.com> Date: 25/07/2018 15:03 (GMT+00:00) To: LANCSGEN@rootsweb.com Subject: [LAN] FAO Ian White Hi Ian, I will scan it for you - but we have the builders in at the moment so all my paperwork is away until the middle of next week but I will do it asap after then! I have noticed my trio of Menzies brothers had the same kind of problems with their surname after they moved to Newark, the spellings on documents is quite inventive sometimes and, before I married, I did get a letter addressed to Miss Merryeyes once! Dot On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 1:48 PM, Ian White <ian.white4@live.co.uk> wrote: > Hello Dot, > > I too am a descendent of the Menzies clan circa 1715 Jacobite army in > Cumberland. I would dearly love to have a copy of the data sheet your Mum > was given, any chance? My 8 x G Grandfather had his surname dialectically > changed by the Cumbrian accent to MINGINS of which I have a one-name study > with the GOONS (Guild of One Name Studies) and over 800 connections > world-wide. > > Best wishes, > > Ian White > Ian.white4@live.co.uk > > _______________________________________________ :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: GENUKI - a virtual reference library of genealogical information.  http://www.genuki.org.uk/ Contact the list administrator  at LancsGen-admin@rootsweb.com :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe and Archives https://mailinglists.rootsweb.com/listindexes/search/lancsgen Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY  Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

From The Guardian: "The first trailer for Peterloo, Mike Leigh’s dramatisation of the bloody 1819 'Peterloo massacre' in Manchester that resulted in 15 deaths, has been released on the internet. "The film arrives in the run-up to the 200th anniversary of this foundational event in modern British political history, which was the result of a cavalry detachment charging into a 60,000-strong crowd in Manchester’s St Peter’s Fields to hear speeches demanding parliamentary reform. Although Viscount Sidmouth, home secretary of the Tory government of the time, responded with the repressive Six Acts, demands for reform continued and included the founding of the Manchester Guardian in 1821 as a reformist newspaper. "Peterloo is Leigh’s most ambitious and largest budget film to date, following on from another period film, his biopic of painter William Turner. Something of a passion project for the director, who grew up in Salford, Greater Manchester, Peterloo is backed by Amazon, Film4 and the BFI. Maxine Peake and Rory Kinnear are the best known names in a 100-strong cast, and the film is likely to premiere at Venice after surprisingly failing to make the line-up for Cannes. It is due for release in the UK on 2 November." Article and trailer at <https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jul/24/mike-leigh-peterloo-first-trailer-for-the-drama-about-the-19th-century-massacre?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+main+NEW+H+categories&utm_term=282002&subid=640623&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2> or <https://tinyurl.com/ybdboa77> Lynne

Richard - Rejected from what? Lynne Richard Burfitt via LANCSGEN <lancsgen@rootsweb.com> > >Very interesting- but I was rejected! >Richard Burfitt >

Miss Merryeyes -- a lovely name! Lynne Dot holden <koolbean1234@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Ian, > >I will scan it for you - but we have the builders in at the moment so all >my paperwork is away until the middle of next week but I will do it asap >after then! > >I have noticed my trio of Menzies brothers had the same kind of problems >with their surname after they moved to Newark, the spellings on documents >is quite inventive sometimes and, before I married, I did get a letter >addressed to Miss Merryeyes once! > >Dot

Hi Ian, I will scan it for you - but we have the builders in at the moment so all my paperwork is away until the middle of next week but I will do it asap after then! I have noticed my trio of Menzies brothers had the same kind of problems with their surname after they moved to Newark, the spellings on documents is quite inventive sometimes and, before I married, I did get a letter addressed to Miss Merryeyes once! Dot On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 1:48 PM, Ian White <ian.white4@live.co.uk> wrote: > Hello Dot, > > I too am a descendent of the Menzies clan circa 1715 Jacobite army in > Cumberland. I would dearly love to have a copy of the data sheet your Mum > was given, any chance? My 8 x G Grandfather had his surname dialectically > changed by the Cumbrian accent to MINGINS of which I have a one-name study > with the GOONS (Guild of One Name Studies) and over 800 connections > world-wide. > > Best wishes, > > Ian White > Ian.white4@live.co.uk > >

Hello Dot, I too am a descendent of the Menzies clan circa 1715 Jacobite army in Cumberland. I would dearly love to have a copy of the data sheet your Mum was given, any chance? My 8 x G Grandfather had his surname dialectically changed by the Cumbrian accent to MINGINS of which I have a one-name study with the GOONS (Guild of One Name Studies) and over 800 connections world-wide. Best wishes, Ian White Ian.white4@live.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: Dot holden <koolbean1234@gmail.com> Sent: 20 July 2018 20:20 To: LANCSGEN@rootsweb.com Subject: [LAN] Re: William Robert MENZIES of Burnley Hi Venetia, I wish I knew! My MENZIES ancestor was in Newark, Nottinghamshire before 1841 as he is already a Draper on the 1841 census. The remaining family are at Woodhouselee in Durisdeer apart from two younger brothers who also went to Newark. I know that their parents were Andrew and Agnes nee MINZIE and that Andrew senior was the son of Andrew MENZIES and Janet SHANKLAND who are listed as being of Rigghouse/Enterkinfoot and Durisdeer on various baptisms. The Marriages and Burials records for Durisdeer church do not exist any longer and I am completely stuck now - I cannot verify the above information with marriage records and I cannot get any further back either which is why I was hoping to find someone researching from the other children of the brothers (few remained in Nottinghamshire - a wanderlust their descendants including myself seem to have inherited!) My Mum was given a data sheet decades ago from an elderly gentleman who had spent a long time researching the various MENZIES ancestral lines but it has a generation missing in order to connect it to the data I hold. regards, Dot On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 6:14 PM, Venita via LANCSGEN <lancsgen@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Hi Dot, > > I am related to the Menzies through the branch that settled in > Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and the surname changed to Meney, Mennie, > Meanie, etc. Does that ring any bells for you? > > Yours, > > Venita > > Homepage: > Family History and Other Fascinations > venitap.com <http://venitap.com/> > > venitar@mac.com <mailto:venitar@mac.com> > > > > > On Jul 17, 2018, at 1:41 PM, Dot holden <koolbean1234@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > My Gt Gt Grandfather John MENZIES moved to Newark, Nottinghamshire > > from Durisdeer, Dumfriesshire before the 1841 census. He was joined > > shortly after by two younger brothers, Robert and Thomas. Thomas > > married Mary > Ann > > WALSTER and they had several children including a son, William > > Robert MENZIES born 1859 in Newark. > > > > William Robert MENZIES married Harriet BROWN and they moved to Burnley. > > They also had several children, Elizabeth Ann b1883, Agnes b 1885, > William > > Robert b1895, Lilly M b 1899, Thomas Andrew b1904 and Laura b 1907. > There > > was also one son who died as a baby, Thomas b 1897 and died 1897. > > > > In 1911 they were at Springfield House, Clowbridge, Burnley. > > > > I would love to hear from anyone who has this Menzies family in > > their > tree. > > > > Dot Menzies Holden > > > > _______________________________________________ > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > > > GENUKI - a virtual reference library of genealogical information. > http://www.genuki.org.uk/ > > > > Contact the list administrator at LancsGen-admin@rootsweb.com > > > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > _______________________________________________ > > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe and > > Archives https://mailinglists.rootsweb. > com/listindexes/search/lancsgen > > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal > > RootsWeb > community > > > _______________________________________________ > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > GENUKI - a virtual reference library of genealogical information. > http://www.genuki.org.uk/ > > Contact the list administrator at LancsGen-admin@rootsweb.com > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe and Archives > https://mailinglists.rootsweb. > com/listindexes/search/lancsgen > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal > RootsWeb community > _______________________________________________ :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: GENUKI - a virtual reference library of genealogical information. http://www.genuki.org.uk/ Contact the list administrator at LancsGen-admin@rootsweb.com :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe and Archives https://mailinglists.rootsweb.com/listindexes/search/lancsgen Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

Surnames have always been enormously fascinating to me. Both my parents had locational surnames - one from West Yorks and the other from East Lancs. This means to me that both families moved FROM their original settlement and were allocated these names by their new settlement at a time BEFORE people had surnames. Just to differentiate them from people with the same christian name in their new settlement. Nowadays - if I meet someone new - I find myself thinking about how they got their surname. Occupation, whether they lived near a bridge or a hill etc -- physical characteristic - if they were a serf perhaps and ended up with 'man' at the end of their name -- which I've always thought meant they had been someone's serf or servant.A really interesting subject for me. Regards June

Another, and IMO better site for U.K research is http://gbnames.publicprofiler.org/default.aspx which offers county based maps (as opposed to the "heat map" used by http://named.publicprofiler.org/ ) and which offers maps and data based on the 1881 census and also 1998 electoral register data. -- Bob C http://www.bccy.org.uk and http://extra.bccy.org.uk On 25/07/2018 00:24, Lynne wrote: > Hello all > > If you are curious to know where in the world your surname or the surname you're researching exists, you may be interested in what Dick Eastman wrote about the "Locate My Name" in a recent newsletter: > <snip> > The Locate My Name website is at <http://www.locatemyname.com/> > > Ancestry has a similar feature at <https://tinyurl.com/y7sfmgde>, but I believe it only draws upon statistics from the 1891 census. > > Lynne > > _______________________________________________ >

Very interesting- but I was rejected! Richard Burfitt Sent from my iPhone > On 25 Jul 2018, at 10:17, Martin Briscoe (W10 laptop) <list@mbriscoe.me.uk> wrote: > > It's interesting but seems to usually just tell you that most of that > surname were in the large conurbation which is hardly surprising! They > should really weight the figure for the population of the area they are > measuring. It does pick up that there are quite a number with my surname in > Wolverhampton which I have often noticed when searching censuses etc. but > there should be numbers showing in Cumberland, I think this is missed > because of the lower population in a rural area. > > As I always suspected, there are proportionally more with the name in the US > - when you look on message boards, most claimed to be descended from one who > went across in one of the early ships. Rare to see any claiming descent from > poor 19th Century Ag Labs or Cotton Piecers but that is often the case in > the US! > > I have a friend with an unusual Polish name, surprising that still only a > handful in the US and much high number in the UK - I wonder that is more to > do with the large number of Polish immigrants in recent years than ones that > stayed after WWII like his father? > > My grandmother was a Pounder, it shows the expected concentration in the > North East of England. None left of my line in the Bolton area but there > has always been a pocket of them in Burnley which still shows though we have > never found a link to them (wish some of them would appear on DNA!). > > > > > Martin Briscoe > Fort William > Ancestry DNA, FTDNA (B68554), GEDMatch (A374507) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lynne [mailto:lklein@mindspring.com] > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 12:24 AM > To: LANCSGEN@rootsweb.com > Subject: [LAN] Surname distribution > > Hello all > > If you are curious to know where in the world your surname or the surname

It's interesting but seems to usually just tell you that most of that surname were in the large conurbation which is hardly surprising! They should really weight the figure for the population of the area they are measuring. It does pick up that there are quite a number with my surname in Wolverhampton which I have often noticed when searching censuses etc. but there should be numbers showing in Cumberland, I think this is missed because of the lower population in a rural area. As I always suspected, there are proportionally more with the name in the US - when you look on message boards, most claimed to be descended from one who went across in one of the early ships. Rare to see any claiming descent from poor 19th Century Ag Labs or Cotton Piecers but that is often the case in the US! I have a friend with an unusual Polish name, surprising that still only a handful in the US and much high number in the UK - I wonder that is more to do with the large number of Polish immigrants in recent years than ones that stayed after WWII like his father? My grandmother was a Pounder, it shows the expected concentration in the North East of England. None left of my line in the Bolton area but there has always been a pocket of them in Burnley which still shows though we have never found a link to them (wish some of them would appear on DNA!). Martin Briscoe Fort William Ancestry DNA, FTDNA (B68554), GEDMatch (A374507) -----Original Message----- From: Lynne [mailto:lklein@mindspring.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 12:24 AM To: LANCSGEN@rootsweb.com Subject: [LAN] Surname distribution Hello all If you are curious to know where in the world your surname or the surname you're researching exists, you may be interested in what Dick Eastman wrote about the "Locate My Name" in a recent newsletter:

It proves to be true in the case of my McARDELL family. Everyone of that name in Minnesota has proven to be descendants of my gggrandparents in England. When I began wondering about what seemed to be 2 different families here and began researching the other family also I found that some of them appeared in my grandfather's phone books and journels with no explination as to who they were. Then I posted some picktures with both known and unknown people in them and got answers back from descendants of the other family, id'ing the unknowns as their families and sometimes themselves as children. When we got done we had 2 of my ggrandfather's brothers having emigrated here thru Canada, and the sons of one of his brother's first marriage, who were raised by their maternal grandparents also emigrating to Canada and also connecting with other descendents in England thru the birth family of two girls adopted into the family here. It was quite the journey, alot of fun, alot of interesting people, alot of documentation exchanged back and forth and a tree that exploded to 10X the size it had been originally. Annie in Minnesota. -----Original Message----- From: Lynne <lklein@mindspring.com> To: LANCSGEN <LANCSGEN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tue, Jul 24, 2018 6:25 pm Subject: [LAN] Surname distribution Hello all If you are curious to know where in the world your surname or the surname you're researching exists, you may be interested in what Dick Eastman wrote about the "Locate My Name" in a recent newsletter: "Locate My Name is a web site that promises to help you find distribution of names across countries and regions. The site mainly focuses on surnames, because more people with the same surname in a place, means something: either those people are in the region since long ago and the name originates from there or nearby, or members of the same family for some reason relocated there. The Locate My Name website is mainly used for finding origins of names, curiosity, entertainment and genealogy research. "Data from many countries is available, including: Argentina, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and more...." Read more on Dick Eastman's blog at <https://tinyurl.com/y8ndq8cp> The Locate My Name website is at <http://www.locatemyname.com/> Ancestry has a similar feature at <https://tinyurl.com/y7sfmgde>, but I believe it only draws upon statistics from the 1891 census. Lynne _______________________________________________ :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: GENUKI - a virtual reference library of genealogical information. http://www.genuki.org.uk/ Contact the list administrator at LancsGen-admin@rootsweb.com :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe and Archives https://mailinglists.rootsweb.com/listindexes/search/lancsgen Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community