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Hi Lauren I am sure we are related, but to define how close, could be a bit tricky and very time consuming, but I would assume that we are cousins of some sort. If you could send me a fax number I could send you a copy of my tree, you said that you also had a tree line perhaps you could send it to me, my fax no is 01708457951 or you can email me on rogerfoulser@aol.com. Basically I am pretty confident that the name Foulser originated in Norfolk/Suffolk. I have looked through many old records showing the name 400 years back with all sorts of weird spellings. I have actually traced back to John Foulser who married Mary Lamborn in 1752 at Hanover Square London, but I cannot get beyond that, They had three kids John, Sarah, and William, my side followed from John jnr who married Ruth Valentine in 1787. they had 8 kids one being a Zachariah born 1806, but he is not directly in my line, my line comes from George Foulser who married Hannah Park in August 1817, they had 6 kids I follow from his son another George who married Mary Danial in 1850, they only had one son named John he married Martha Wise in 1880, they had 4 kid a George being one of them, but my line was my grandad henry who had my dad named Henry, which is where I come from. I have dob's ect. Back in the eighties I spent a couple of grand to get the info I have, I now check through the net for any info I can get. If anybody reading this could shed more light I would be very greatful. I wait to hear from you regards. Roger

Hi Casalguidi sounds like you could be right, as I said in a previous post, some scribes also spelt names wrong, pity they did not have the internet a couple of hundred years ago Google would have been really handy LOL. Roger

Hi Carole
            Yea Foulger is another variation of Foulser, what is so frustrating is that Foulser is such an unusual name,  you would think it would be reasonably easy to trace, still it could be worse, it could Smith or Brown. Thanks for your input. happy Christmas. Roger

Hi Krista you are more than welcome, it is very strange to have Foulser as a middle name, as you have suggested there must be a link somewhere. Regards the name Cornelius, I have not seen it mentioned anywhere with past Foulsers that I have traced, it was mentioned in one of the Planet of the ape movie's lol, apart from that, no idea. There are so many variations of Foulser,Folser,foudlesier, fowler ect, from what I have picked up, some of the errors were caused by the scribe who filled in the forms, many people were illiterate, in the case of my family name I have found that most of the men could read and write, however the woman were treated as second class citizens and did not get a good education, I have found old documents where the men could sign there name, but the woman signed with an X. You often see a ff at the start of some names starting with F, this was how a scribe did a capital letter F and it was sometimes mistaken for two ff's, I found that out on Steven Fry's QI show. You will recall in my last email I mentioned that I had traced my name back to John Foulser who married Mary Lamborn at St Georges church Hanover Square Westminster in 1752, I feel sure that he made his way down to London from Norfolk, but I cannot make the connection which is very frustrating, if there is anybody that could get me back a bit further, I would be more than willing to donate to there favorite charity. Krista hope you have a great Christmas. Keep in touch. Roger