Hi Everyone, Good to see many more LAWS namers joining this list, You may or may not know of the LAWS FAMILY REGISTER here in Lincoln England, I as registrar have been running this one name study since 1984 we are registered with the Guild of One Name Studies Number 0674 confirmation of that can be found at their page www.one-name.org> we've 42 subscribers this year of whom 22 are online, We collect all references to the Surnames LAW, LAWE, LAWES, LAWS, LAWSE, MCLAW, MCLAWS Worldwide, there is a yearly registration fee roughly 20$us for five years, our database covers some 36,000 persons from the late 16th century to the present day. I am pleased to see an increasing number of online subscribers , subscribing to this list which whist free is part of rootsweb which needs support, drop me a line with your tree and where your stuck and I'll send you a start on what I've got on you & yours yo' all take care now John P LAWS Registrar LAWS FAMILY REGISTER Putting Flesh on the Bones of History [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]