MOLLARD - found: \ MALLARD (English) 1. from the Old French personal name 'Malhard', meaning 'madal' (council) + 'hard' (hardy, brave, strong). This was introduced to Britain by the Normans. 2. nickname for someone supposedly resembling a drake or male wild duck. WARREN (English) 1. Norman habitation name from "La Varrenne" in Seine-Maritime, so called from a Gaulic element probably descriptive of alluvial land or sandy soil. 2. topographic name for someone who lived by a gamepark, or occupational name for someone employed in one, from Anglo-Norman-French 'warrene' warren, piece of land for breeding game (of uncertain origin, perhaps akin to #1, or to the Germanic element 'war(in)'- guard, preserve). ZELINSKI - found: \ ZIELINSKI (Polish, Jewish [E. Ashkenazic]) from the vocabulary word 'zielony' green, in various applications. As a Polish name it seems primarily to have been a nickname for person with a sickly 'greenish' complexion. It may also have been a nickname for someone who habitually dressed in green, or who was 'green' in the sense of being immature or inexperienced. Additionally, it may be a habitation name from a place named with this word. As a Jewish name it is mainly an ornamental name. Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. Barbara Tania Zolkos wrote: > Hi, > First a thank-you to Barbara for the help on the name Zolkos, I was beginning to despair on the name, till I received your email. > > Can anyone help on the names Mollard, Warren & Zelinski? Zelinski is another Polish name, my Mollard ancestors came from England and I'm not sure where the Warren's came from. > > TIA > Tania Zolkos > [email protected] > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library