Knowing how knowledgeable you all are, perhaps you can help me with a query raised by my visit to France. In mitigation for it not being English, I have to say that it was the Aquitaine part that Eleanor brought to the English crown. The question is this: does anyone know why so many towns in the Perigord region of France have 'ac' at the end of their names, e.g. Bergerac; Issyjac; and many others? There are even quite small places like Cahujac and many of the place names end in 'ac'. I am hopeless at surfing the Net and, despite trying, have found nothing to tell me the answer to this. If you can just point me in the right direction to find the answer, I'd be very pleased indeed. It's like an itch in an unreachable part of the body at the moment. Audrey

From Dr Ian Buckley I posed the question concerning the 'ac' element to a contact in France, and this is what she sent - ac - names ending with - from "akos" celtic language becoming "acum" under latin rule annd given to names of places between II d and IV th centuries = "at" in auvergne "ach" or" ig" in alsace "é" in poitou and brittany "ey" in champagne "y" south of paris always associated to a name of person for the gauls From: Contact Pays du Grand Bergeracois

I am sure my question has been answered many times but not since I have been on list. In 1524, in Northamptonshire England, my 10 great grandfather, Thomas Beauchamp, his brother John and a Richard Beauchamp were on the tax rolls at Cosgrave, Northamptonshire. DeBrett Ancestral Research says that Richard was "probably" the father of John and Thomas but no proof. I am trying to determine the age of Thomas. At that time, at what age was one placed on the tax rolls? Thanks for any assistance. WHF Meeks