My ancestors were Duchars spelt that way or Deuchar or Ducker- they were from Perthshire- would that name have derived from Duchra? Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: BETTY TELFORD <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, October 14, 2010 3:06 am Subject: [WIG LIST] Duchra variants To: [email protected] > While I was searching (just out of curiosity) on the internet I > found so many > versions in so many places:  Dockray, Dochray (Castle) Duchra > (Marsh), in > Scotland, Ireland, Australia  (wherever people emigrated), >  frequent surname > variations, including Docwra.  I was surprised how many seagoing > vessels through > the years had the name, including a modern American ship. We FH > researchers are > often reminded to watch for differentiation, particularly in > earlier times when > many of the population could not read or write and much was > passed down by word > of mouth.  > Betty > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >