Hi Could someone tell me the meaning & info of these surnames ELKS BOUBAY Thank you Regards Jacqui

ELKS - found: \ ELKE, ELKES (German) Descendant of Elke, a pet form of Elkihard (temple, hard). ---Source: A Dictinary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. BOUBAY - couldn't find this one but did find a couple of possibilities: \ BOBÉ (Catalan [language of NE Spain and the Balearic islands]) A herdsman. \ BOVEY (English) One who came from Bovey, on the Bovey river in Devonshire. ---Source: New Dictionary of American Family Names by Elsdon C. Smith. Barbara Jacqui Cock wrote: >Hi > >Could someone tell me the meaning & info of these surnames > >Thank you > >Regards > >Jacqui > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >