I administer two new and still very small surname projects : Foad and Mugford. Both names have interesting geographic concentrations in 1881 England. Mugford is also common in Newfoundland. I have always loved analysis and confess to being a bit of a data junkie. Used to make my living by writing computer programs to find correlations and trends in data sets that ranged from <<dangerously small>> to OVERWHELMINGLY LARGE. But that was long ago and it will be many years before either of my surname projects is large enough to give me the same kick that I used to get at work. I think David Weston probably understands. Hope to meet many of you at the November conference in Houston. ... Martin Potter near Ottawa, Canada I1c uN1 (P109+)

Oh, we're all discovery junkies. Why else would we go to soooo much effort for such infrequent gratification? > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] On Behalf Of Martin Potter > Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:48 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Y-DNA-projects] roll call > > I administer two new and still very small surname projects : Foad and > Mugford. Both names have interesting geographic concentrations in > 1881 England. Mugford is also common in Newfoundland. > > I have always loved analysis and confess to being a bit of a data > junkie. Used to make my living by writing computer programs to find > correlations and trends in data sets that ranged from <<dangerously > small>> to OVERWHELMINGLY LARGE. But that was long ago and > it will be > many years before either of my surname projects is large enough to > give me the same kick that I used to get at work. I think David > Weston probably understands. > > Hope to meet many of you at the November conference in Houston. > > ... Martin Potter > near Ottawa, Canada > > I1c uN1 (P109+) > > >