Thanks Steven for your very quick reply. I think the Rebecca Jones on the 1851 is probably the correct one. The one on the 1871 is only 11 so too young. Of course, I had totally forgot to try LDS index!! I had a look today and found Rebecca Jones, I also found George GRAY and daughter Hannah Sutton GRAY. I think the Rebecca Bunker registered on FreeBMD with a birth date of March quarter 1849 is probably Rebecca Jones, christened Dec of that year as I cannot find a Rebecca JONES born around that time on FreeBMD. It just seems too much of a coincidence that Rebecca is living in a BUNKER household. Perhaps Henry BUNKER acknowledged paternity when registering the birth and then had second thoughts! Who knows? This explanation will have to do for now, unless someone can come up with a better one. I could, of course, go for marriage and/or birth certs., but this is only a quite distant branch of the tree. I just like to get as many loose ends tied up as possible. As I couldn't get any further back with my direct lines at the moment I decided to explore the "branches" and it's been surprising what I've come up with. They say the devil finds work for idle hands. Trouble is, every time I find out a bit more information, I end up making more work! Thanks again for your help Barbara ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information