Thanks Ranald! And that certainly fits in with the family member I am researching! You are a mine of information. Are you just sitting somewhere at a desk waiting for obscure questions? Happy New Year to you Kerri -----Original Message----- From: perthshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:perthshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ranald McIntyre Sent: Friday, 31 December 2010 6:50 AM To: perthshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PERTHSHIRE] Military in Ireland and Daniel (Donald) McFarlane: Multiple names Kerri According to the 'Concise Dictionary of English Christian Names' .. "Jessie is the Scottish diminutive of Janet (qv), now often used as an independant name..." There is more, but not relevent to your question. Regards Ranald On 30 December 2010 19:33, kerriferguson <kerriferguson@dodo.com.au> wrote: When replying to a message or a digest, please delete everything except the portion to which you are replying. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PERTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 147 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message