Thank you Barbara for your answer to my question on origins of the name Bardon. You have given me much to think about. Tom in FL Surnames I am researching: Bardon/Barden, Bauer, Carey, Dunnigan, Eastwood, Emerling/Emmerling, Finster, Haag, Hurson and Schaefer http://community.webtv.net/TOM727/BARDONFAMILYHISTORY