Liz, Two or three things you mentioned in the last couple of letters are quite interesting- the fact that Florence is a name more common to the southern part of England being one. Re: the religion of Blackburns. Have you come across any info. about Methodist Blackburns in England? In my research it appears that in the US the early settlers in Eastern Virginia were C of E. Those who came from Ireland and Scotland were Presbyterian (or Quaker in the case of Ireland). There are a couple of lines whose origin is not clear who are Methodist. I haven't been able to determine if they were Methodist before they came or if they were converted in America. Note: If someone sent me an e-mail last week and I did not respond, please try again. I accidentally deleted something. M. Blackburn