This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CkD.2ACEB/3.5.1 Message Board Post: Hi Janet There were Bibbys in Manchester long before there were any in Wyresdale. Do you know if your family was originally from Manchester, or do you have any reason to suppose they came from anywhere else in Lancashire? John