G'day Clive My mother was a Mitchell born in Bethnal Green - close to Islington. If you can send me off line if you like, any details that you have of your Mitchells I would be glad to help. Also if you have certificates this would confirm (to a point) the accuracy of the information. Happy to help Jean na Thorp nee Middleton. ---------- >From: "bridgehouse" <bridgehouse@onetel.net.uk> >To: MITCHELL-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: [MITCHELL] English Mitchells >Date: Tue, Feb 25, 2003, 11:44 PM > > As it seems to be English day mine are in the London area. > Does anyone link to: > Walter Thomas Mitchell b 27 July 1865. I think he was son of Thomas Mitchell > and Maria Butler. > He was born Islington in London then move to Greenwich, he married Maria > Evans. > > Despite the US majority on this site I find the names of places fascinating > because they all seem to derive form well know English towns and counties > but their near neighbours in USA are often at other ends of the country in > England. Also, there are many repetitions whereas we seem to have one main > town by any name. I would guess there are some popular names that arise in > every state in USA demonstrating that some homesick emigrant got to name his > new home after his old. Is there a refernce book on how US towns and > counties got their names and what this tells us? > > Clive Henderson > Warwickshire.England > > > ==== MITCHELL Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE, please send an unsubscribe message to: > Mitchell-L-request@rootsweb.com. If on digest, substitute a D for the L. >