I was poking around the internet this morning and stumbled across this site - http://www.genealogyweb.com/index.htm

Having a genealogy my great-uncle put together, I did searches on spouses surnames in my ancestry and found two Irish surnames (Means and Welsh) and one Dutch (Good). I found several English and a couple English/Scottish Border Ridings. Anyone know what Scottish Border Ridings means?

Now I have solid connections to the Celtic world I can document.

This site also has information on the origin of the use of surnames http://www.genealogyweb.com/Origin.htm and presents evidence that the Normans were of Viking ancestry, who through Norman family connections, had and empire that rivaled the Romans. It also claims that many Normans settled in Scotland too. Since my direct ancestry is from Normandy, it's too much of a strectch to claim Scottish ancestry as well.

It's amazing what you can justify if you try

Anyway, it's an interesting site to browse.

Dale