RIGLER / REGLAR / REGULAR / REGGLER; NF,CAN; 1700- I would be grateful for any help. I am researching these names which appear to be closely related. The RIGLERS originally come from Powerstock in Dorset, UK, where the various name variants co-existed in the nineteenth century. There are no RIGLERS in Canada now, only REGULARS and REGGLERS, predominantly in NF. There were REGLARS in NF in the 19th century. (There are REGLARS in NS but they arrived in the 1960s) A post on NFLD-ROOTS on 24 Jan 2000 stated that Seary suggests that REGULAR is a variant of the England surname REGLAR, said to denote a member of a religious or monastic order. I believe this is unlikely as work by Martin REGLAR in the UK has shown that REGLAR is a late variant of the name RIGLER. This fits much more closely with the known Dorset/NF connection. There are records of two Riglers in NF in the mid 19th century: 5 Oct 1853 William Rigler aged 16 was buried at Harbour Grace, NF 26 July 1882 James Rigler married Melina Jane Cooper in White Bay Church, NF Finally, a Mary Rigler "a Native of Newfoundland" was buried in Powerstock, Dorset, UK in 1816. Does anyone have more information please on these names in Newfoundland or elsewhere? I would also like to hear from anyone else researching the Powerstock/NF connection (or the wider Dorset/NF connection) Jonathan Reggler via this Newsgroup or Jonathan.Reggler@ukgateway.net