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Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 71 Send Message	Teresa-Green-Gables	Report	9 Aug 2006 16:35
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 71 Send Message	http://www(.)spatial-literacy(.)org/UCLnames/Surnames(.(aspx Very interesting site - particularly if you have any unusual surnames. Interesting to compare which counties surnames were concentrated in in 1881 and 1998. Also might give a hint for another possible county to search for missing rellies in. A lot of one of my odd surnames showed up in Scotland, its not a scottish sounding name, i wouldn't have thought of looking there!
Member Since: November 2005 Posts: 3,355 Send Message	Glen In Tinsel Knickers	Report	9 Aug 2006 17:35
	Problem with this site is it is misleading. If a rural area had 500 occupants and five families have one surname the figures are distorted,the percentage looks far higher than it may really be. Glen
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 328 Send Message	Mandy	Report	9 Aug 2006 17:45
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 328 Send Message	Glen, I see your point. Even so, I found it very interesting! Thanks for sharing it with us!
Member Since: November 2005 Posts: 3,355 Send Message	Glen In Tinsel Knickers	Report	9 Aug 2006 17:48
	Hi Mandy It has come up before about this site,caused a few to trawl around certain areas of the country thinking they had a very strong link to an area,when in truth they weren't Glen