Well, as long as we're talking unusual names associated with our Williams families, I'll give you mine. My gr gr grandfather was William Burbash Williams. I've never seen the name Burbash anywhere. Has anybody? Louis Williams Chicago -----Original Message----- From: williams-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:williams-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Janni Sales Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 11:51 AM To: williams@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WILLIAMS] Exum Hi, Juliann, Thanks for your answer. That's interesting to know. I appreciate it. I just wrote on another answer regarding this, that I once researched, running in circles, around a possible surname of Antiochem. Never showed up anywhere. I finally concluded it wasn't the surname but someone had written "Antioch cem" in the surname line... Oh well, live and learn. Janni J Hansen <jrsh9999@earthlink.net> wrote: 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 --------------------------------- Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. ------------------------------- 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