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From: "Martin" <>
Subject: [HWE] Touchard origins
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:58:34 -0800

Hi

Mainly for Suzie Morley

You are fortunate in having so much information available about the
possible origins of TOUCHARD. I won't attempt to translate from the
French as I'm sure you will soon have no shortage of English versions
available to you. However, I did look up the name on:

http://www.geneanet.org

There are 50 pages of Touchard entries - a brief look seemed to indicate
that many of the early ones were indeed from Sarthe and Mayenne.
Apparently, Sarthe and Mayenne were formed, after the French Revolution,
from part of the Province of Maine: so you at least have a geographical
locus for your research.

There is also a TOUCHARD forum on Geneanet. There are about 5 messages -
all in French. However, they may not be of interest to you as they seem
mostly to concern a TOUCHARD conection with the French island of
Reunion.

Best wishes
Martin Blignaut

ps. I hope this pleases you as I wouldn't care to awaken any violent and
aggressive genes!


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Martin


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