Dear Friend of Birkenhead list. When I wrote the email earlier today, I thought there was something wrong, but only after, did I realise that I should have written MEACOCK and not Meakin....must have been thinking of special china.... Hope this fixes the problem...Thelma in Australia. COX www.angelfire.com/rnb/mrbirrell/ BOSTOCK http://birrell.1hwy.com/index.htm SCOTS/IRISH http://matthewbirrell.50megs.com/index.html BIRRELL www.electricscotland.com/webclans/atoc/birrell2.html MONTGOMERY http://home.talkcity.com/BookmarkBlvd/mrbirrell/ STOKES/YATES www.freehomepages.com/mrbirrell/ "If we did all we were capable of, we would astound ourselves." I Wrote earlier today.... > I am been lurking for a few weeks and now would like to post > my interests in the region. We visited there in 1995, so understand > the landscape a little. > MANIFOLD and MEACOCK of the county - Bromborough are > relevant to Elizabeth Landy and myself. My direct links are to > BOSTOCK - BLEASE - WILKINSON - BARKER - BETTS. > > The web pages below explain. > Robert Bostock (1743 - 1793) R.N. was a shipowner (dare I say) > slave trader (1779-1793), in the years when all industry, government > and civillians wanted it continued for the prosperity of industry, business > and dare I say, church buildings.