From: adam@address.invalid   
      
   Jim Beard wrote:   
   > On 05/29/2012 09:05 PM, Adam wrote:   
   >> Thanks for the clarification! BTW I tried plugging my mother's   
   >> maiden name into Google and it pulled up a total of only six   
   >> people, five close relatives and one stranger.   
   >   
   > It might be interesting to find out just how "strange" the sixth one is.   
   > That could be nothing more than a more distant relative.   
      
   Could be... might be worth looking into.  I also know of one other   
   living relative who wasn't listed on the first page of that Google   
   search but is listed elsewhere online.  Being a 2nd-generation American   
   (all four grandparents immigrated to the U.S. in the 20th century) makes   
   it easier to keep track of the relatives in this country but much more   
   difficult beyond that.   
      
   > My paternal surname is not real common (though not uncommon, I suppose)   
      
   http://names.whitepages.com/James/Beard (which has many links I think   
   you'll find interesting) claims it is #647 in the U.S. for 2011, about   
   twice as high up as my surname.  My mother's maiden name ranked   
   842,664th.  Smith is at the top.   
      
   > and from his grandchildren on down the name has consistently   
   > been spelled Bard.   
      
   Any relation to John Bard, founder of Bard College which is near me?   
   http://www.bard.edu/about/history/   
      
   As I mentioned a while ago, back when I was active in CompuServe's LDOS   
   Forum (a TRS-80 DOS) in the mid-80s to early 90s, there was a "Jim   
   Beard" active there, mentioned on   
   http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=45398 .  I also like the   
   work of humorist (and "National Lampoon" co-founder) Henry Beard.  And   
   of course there's the late chef.   
      
   Adam   
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