My apologies for giving faulty information. I have actually ordered the book, "An Irish Rudd Family" from Vernon Rudd. Although the main line which he tracks is not of much interest to this particular group of Rudds he does recount the entire history of the Rudd name as done by Mary Amelia Rudd in her book. (He explicitly gives her credit for most of the history, but he does add some of his own input) Vernon's e-mail address is: RuddVP@aol.com I haven't tried this out yet, but I have called and mailed a check to him so I am pretty sure the following is correct: Vernon Rudd 30256 Avenir Way Menisee, CA 92584 (909) 672-0622 As I (slowly) work my way through this book I will pass along anything new that I find. Regards, Van Rudd Ann Arbor, MI