Hi List, When people try to e-mail the List in HTML (I think that's all that fancy writing) Rootsweb doesn't accept it, and bounces it back to them, and a copy to me. This one came to me a little time ago, and I have just had a chance to get to it. So I hope, Gloria, that you don't mind me taking out what I think were only the fancy characters, and posting it back to the list. It is an interesting story. Thank you. :) Linda Barraclough Briagolong, Victoria, Australia Listowner: BARRACLOUGH-L e-mail: [email protected] ============================================================ Greetings from Dunedin New Zealand. I am Gloria Bernhardt and my grandfather David Holdsworth Barraclough; born 1889, (son of Abraham Barraclough Blacksmith) married Mary Annie Broome 15/3/1913 Parish Church of Ryhill near Wakefield. 3 daughters - May, Mary & Gertrude. They came to NZ 1926. I have a photo of the tombstone of Joshua (d. 22/4/1905) wife Jane & Abraham Barraclough taken in the Ryhill Cemetery. Happy to email it to anyone interested. I'm not sure if I am related. At the time I took the photo I spoke to an elderly man who said 'Bah! Barracloughs! Yon Barraclough used to stand and point and say I own everything as far as the eye can see!' He was not pro-Barraclough and would not elaborate. I am very new to genealogy and I thank Kim for all her help and good help.