Having had my arrival 'officially' announced by Kim I now look forward to participating in the group. I would like to thank Kim for making me welcome and giving me invaluable assistance. E.g. I was able to locate the headstone in the Churchyard for Mary Collins from a photo she sent by email. I have no idea how many of us there. Alan Taft [email protected] enquired as to whether there was any connection between us. Unfortunately, I know of no other connection which we might have. I was born in Morley, a somewhat larger town than Birstall, but only just down the road. I have lived in Birstall for the last 25 years. Apart from the Mary Collins (Barraclough) connection that Kim mentioned, which is on my mother's side, I also have a Barraclough connection on my father's side and also in North Bierley. That is Nancy B. born about 1789 who married John Wilkinson at Bradford on 25 February 1810. Nancy died between 1851 and 1861. I think her father was called John :( I must say in the short time I have subscribed I have been very impressed with the way the group seems to be cooperating. The transcript that Ted Barraclough sent of Burials at Wibsey is a good example. I shall be putting selected entries from it on my database as soon as I can get round to it. I have extracted Barraclough burials from the Bishop's Transcripts for Wibsey Chapel for the period 1774 to 1812. After 1812 the ages at death were recorded so I was able to be more selective, and skipped the entries for the younger children. I have it on a database, with a lot of other information but when I get chance and work out how to do it I will submit my transcript, unless someone beats me to it. Lack of opportunity will be the cause of any delay on my part. Bye for now Jeff Sutcliffe Also researching Batemen, Bates, Booth, Broadbent, Collins, Hanson, Harwood, Holmes, Oliver, Pollard, Smith, Sugden, Sutcliffe, Walker, and Wilkinson of the Bradford area.