Grretings to all! I am beginning a search for my own roots and truely am not certain whether they are or English or French origin, as I have heard our family name spelled LEONARD, as well as LYONAISSE. The only pieces that I have to go on are: My Great Grandfather - BASIL ERNEST LEONARD (or BUZZELL E.) was purported to have been born in COMPTON on March 18, 1864 (or 1866). He married FLORENCE METEVIA (born Nov. 10, 1863 or 1865 - place unknown) in February of 1884. They had 6 children, including my Grandfather - WILLIAM ERNEST LEONARD who was born on March 13, 1889 in SUTTON. other children were: CORA b. Sept 3, 1887 / CLARA b. Sept 4, 1891 / OSCAR ARTHUR b. Aug. 10, 1892 (died in 1909) / EVA MAY b. July 4, 1894 / MABELLE b. May 11, 1899. At some unknown time they located to West Glover, Vermont, where my Grandfather William Ernest married CARRIE MARY FACTO (or FACTEAU) of Derby, VT. Their children were born between 1911 and 1927. RONALD OSCAR / CLYDE AUSTIN / MARION IRENE / HAZEL LOUISE / GENEVA MAY / ALDEN ARTHUR / My Father - ELWYN ERNEST / MAURICE MITCHELL In a recent visit to Westlook Cemetery in Glover, VT, oddly enough, I found 29 Leonards buried there including my great grandparents - who both died in 1940. Other Leonards dated back to NOAH who was born in 1750 (and apparently was born in Massachusetts). Don't know IF any of these are related. Does anyone have any info of the LEONARDS in SUTTON or COMPTON??? (By the way - my grandparents were Methodist) Thanks, Rick LEONARD _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.