Not to confuse the matter further, EXUM can also be someone's first name. I've got several EXUM _________ in my family database, so one needs to pay attention to whatever record they are looking at to be sure it's not meant as a proper name, either first or last name. Deloris ----- Original Message ----- From: "J Hansen" <jrsh9999@earthlink.net> To: <williams@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 11:40 AM Subject: [WILLIAMS] Exum > Hi, > Exum can be 2 things: > It is Latin for "unknown" (I looked it up on a Latin-English > translation site). > It is also a surname-- I have an Exum line in Virginia and North > Carolina that covers several generations. I have copies of wills, etc., > so > I know it's the real name used in documents, not just someone's assumption > that the Latin exum was someone's name. > Juliann > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Janni Sales [mailto:pasenyadefenya@yahoo.com] > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 10:53 PM > To: williams@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [WILLIAMS] WILLIAMS Digest, Vol 2, Issue 115 > > Ok, I'll bite. What does EXUM stand for? I can't find it. > > Thanks. > Janni > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.0/853 - Release Date: 6/18/2007 > 3:02 PM > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WILLIAMS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.0/851 - Release Date: 6/16/2007 > 12:50 PM > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.0/851 - Release Date: 6/16/2007 12:50 PM