Wow, John...loved your link to the surnames and the info it provided! My mom's biggest pastime is geneology and some of her enthusiasm rubbed off on me. Since our Lindsey/Elliot/Roney ancestry has already been documented...I honestly think it's a British 'thing' to do...mom has concentrated on my dad's people who were French Canadian and American Indian. Much harder to trace but no less interesting! Our Lindseys and Elliotts arrived 'over here' in the mid to late 1600's in the Boston area. The Roneys left Ireland before they could be caught and sent off 'down under' in the early 1800s and originally touched down in Massachusetts! I chuckle to myself when I think about those Catholic rascal Roneys intermingling with the educated, Protestant, staid Elliotts and Lindseys. And it didn't happen just once either
There was more than one Roney/Elliott or Roney/Lindsey liaison!
Enough said but thank you, again, John for your post. It's got me off and exploring again!