Gary, Couldn't find PALAFOX at all and the closest I could come to VITTITOE were several Italian variations of "VITO", from the Latin 'Vitus', meaning life. (VITULLO, VITILLO, VITTOZZI, VITTOZZO. There are several others but these are the closest, especially [in pronunciation] the last one.) Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges Barbara [email protected] wrote: > Dear Surname Mavens, > > May I please have a lookup on: > > PALAFOX and > > VITTITOE > > Gary Radcliffe > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2