Thanks for the quote, Anne. I thought the Walls name meant the same, Norse or Scots, so that helped explain it. I'm not sure my super-religious great grandfather would have appreciated the reference to the Wallace being a "corrupted" form of Walls! <vbg> > Hope this is useful to you. > > > Regards, > > Anne M. Rendall > -- Pam Thomson British Columbia, Canada Proud to be a Rootsweb Sponsor http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/TownSquareNetwork