Welcome to the land of retirees. And good luck with your Lud research! Jeepers I sure hope the Luddington name is not one of those New Zealand families names that the coppers are studying. Ron ----- Original Message ---- From: Gerry Doyle <gerryd@squirrel.com.au> To: luddington@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 3:59:40 AM Subject: Re: [LUDDINGTON] (no subject) Hi Ron Although I originated from Kiwi Land and am now living in Australia this is interesting. The family came from Taranaki in the North Island and after some were incarcerated in Christchurch the rest of the family went to the South Island and no doubt were funded by the Government so that could make regular visits to the prison. Also I have retired from work as of last week so will be doing some more research including a few Luddington's that are on my hard to find list Regards and Merry Christmas to all the Ludd families Regards Gerry in sunny Brisbane ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com