This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jEC.2ACE/1302.2 Message Board Post: Mainly my interest is in French-Canadian surnames; I don't have any known connection to the names you are searching. Many people don't realize that certain names, such as MARTIN, GREENWOOD, SNOW, and CHENEY, which sound English, could be French-Canadian. Sometimes due to approximate or exact translation, sometimes due to "re-pronunciation," sometimes a nickname that stuck. Many people named BEAN in New England are probably descended from LEFEBVRE.