And what is wrong with Francis Marion? My gramma's brother was Francis Marion Fletcher. They called him Frank. My name is Lu Ann, and I once got mail from a Honda dealer for a Mr. Lu A. McWilliams. It's just odd that you picked Francis Marion. It jumped out at me and I had to see what board I was on. Have a great day. WAYNEMONT@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 1/7/99 9:39:00 PM, norie@localaccess.com wrote: > > << The very next message was in answer to his message and began, "Dear > Carol". BTW, LEE is my middle name, me and Marilyn only have our first name in > common, believe me!>> > > Oh, I can relate to this. My first name is MARION, and for some reason, I had > always hated it, and didn't realize until a relatively short time ago that my > family was engaged in those old naming patterns, and I was named for my > grandmother's father's SURNAME. I became aware of it when I was doing family > groups on my maternal ancestors, and saw three or four cousins in each > generation with MARION as a part of their names. They didn't use them as > their given names, either! It could have been worse. I could have been > FRANCIS MARION. > M. Wayne Montgomery > > ==== VAAUGUST Mailing List ==== > **************************************************************** > The Augusta County mailing list page has instructions on how to > subscribe and unsubscribe from the list > Visit it at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapulask/augustaquery/augustalist.htm > ***************************************************************