You are most likely more correct than I. In fact, it seems to be Scottish: <http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Adamson> :-) But lots of Americans came over from the islands, err, the empire, or the Kingdom, whatever. We�re almost all immigrants here! <L> Lou Judson Intuitive Audio 415-883-2689 On Jan 2, 2017, at 11:24 AM, Richard L. Hess <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On 1/1/2017 23:48, Lou Judson wrote: >> Adamson which sounds American to me. > > I seem to always associate it with England, as it was the name Joy Adamson (born in Austria) took when she married her third husband, George Adamson, in 1944. > > She went on to write the book "Born Free" which left a lasting impression on me. She was murdered in 1980 and her husband in 1989. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Adamson > > Happy New Year! > > Cheers, > > Rchard > -- > Richard L. Hess email: [log in to unmask] > Aurora, Ontario, Canada 647 479 2800 > http://www.richardhess.com/tape/contact.htm > Quality tape transfers -- even from hard-to-play tapes. >