In message <001a01c40e2e$fcb4ac40$038ce740@oemcomputer>, Luke Gassien <yourhomedecor@sympatico.ca> writes >You mention that one of the uses were to describe a sailor, and as a >military rank, yes i assume in earlier uses that could well be the case, a Yeoman is a specialised rank of seaman and would probably only be used on board. On shore he would just be a sailor. -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society