Hi Folks: A friend of mine recently sent me this URL which gives information on surnames of U.K. while it doesn't go way back in time 1881, it has a lot of useful info and from the British perspective. Click on names in upper right, then type name in the box, when that comes uo click right on the name and it opens into lots of information. http://www.spatial-literacy.org/UCLnames/ Gordon Crooks