I have a question for Brian re: naming patterns. My ancestor, Edward, born 1856, named his father as "Samuel" on his marriage license and other documents. While Edward went on to produce six sons, he didn't name any of them Samuel. He named them Edward, John, James, William, Thomas, Joseph, respectively. He also had 3 daughters, which did follow the Scotch naming pattern. "John" would have been his wife's father, and his wife's father's father was an Edward, also. Since I have only documented him back as far as his mother and father, I don't know if his father's father was Edward. My question: isn't it very strange that he wouldn't name one of his son's Samuel after his father? Would that indicate a tiff in the family? Thanks for any opinion you might offer. Julie Parks Searching: Parks, Finley, Doherty, Donnelly, Flynn, McAvoy/McEvoy, Mahoney Hettrick, Cassidy, Donahoe/Donahue, Timmons, Winrow