Dear Peter, Thank you. This site looks very useful indeed. Have just downloaded one lot of info so far but obviously a lot here to look in to. Appreciate the help Cheers, Elizabeth -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter Booth Sent: Monday, 14 April 2008 9:46 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BDF] MANNING LEACH of ELSTOW and SANDY Elizabeth, If you use the Hugh Wallis site, you can search IGI batches for Elstow and Sandy for Manning and Leach BDM events just using the surnames. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers /CountyBedford.htm#PageTitle There are a few Manning events in Elstow around 1695. The earliest Leach event in Sandy goes back to 1563. But there are too few BDM events recorded to bridge the gap between 1600 and 1800 where you are currently. So a lot of work will be required. If you don't get any replies from researchers of these families, you might try submitted family trees at sites like Rootsweb, Ancestry or GenesReunited. Peter in Sydney. The List Guidelines http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message