On Thu, 6 Jul 2000 18:13:07 EDT, you wrote: >Thanks Irene, > >I did ask if anyone minded before asking the question and certainly didn't >wish to upset anyone. But I will say in defence of this idea since the first >list started to come in 6 people have actually connected with relatives that >they didn't even know they had due to the unusual names connecting and >ringing bells. For that little gift I am proud to have a bit of a hand. >Again I apologise to everyone on the Ward list and to all those people who >were interested in the Entomology side of Genealogy I thank you for all names >sent so far. By the way I'm a Ward and don't have red hair and neither does >anyone in our Lancashire Ward side. > >Thanks again and apologies > >Sue This is certainly good news that some people were able to make a connection using the uncommon names. No need to defend this idea as it's tried and true. I have the odd name of Meloria/Ameloria in one of my lines that does seem to be passed down, and I hope it will lead me past a brick wall some day. But since all the names being sent to the list weren't in the Ward lines, the discussion belonged in a more generic forum where those of all surnames could benefit. And also somewhere where the conversation could be more properly archived for later retrieval. There's a lot of wonderful ideas out there to be used in our search for our ancestors. So many so that everyone wins if they are appropriately directed, whether it be to the surname lists, the county lists, or the general lists, etc. Unfortunately, I don't know enough about my Wards to know what color of hair they had. :( Irene