Hello All, So far I have 17 possible spellings for my surname with my spelling as one of the rarest. One site that has helped me is the surname navigator, a meta search engine devoted to genealogy. It now has 3 sections for Ireland, 2 for England and 1 for Scotland and Wales as well as sites for Canada and the US. The site has recently changed its URL and can now be found at www.surnamenavigator.org/ Rob Doragh Liverpool UK