Hi Pat, Here's a link to the article on Wikipedia about the name. Very interesting. The origin is Hebrew and it means brook or little river. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peleg Tink At 07:43 AM 3/19/10, you wrote: >I have a question for those that are knowledgeable on ancestor names. > >Any ideas as to where the name PELEG came from? It is an unusual >name. I have it in my line and have seen it in others from time to time. > >Just curious. > >Pat J. > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >NYMADISO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Tink Thanks. My old brain doesn't always think the way it should, but a long time ago I c ame across the Given Name Peleg so frequent I also was curious. Pat R On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Tink Miller <tmiller@pirs.org> wrote: > > Hi Pat, > > Here's a link to the article on Wikipedia about the name. Very > interesting. The origin is Hebrew and it means brook or little river. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peleg > > Tink > > > At 07:43 AM 3/19/10, you wrote: > >I have a question for those that are knowledgeable on ancestor names. > > > >Any ideas as to where the name PELEG came from? It is an unusual > >name. I have it in my line and have seen it in others from time to time. > > > >Just curious. > > > >Pat J. > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >NYMADISO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYMADISO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >