Dear Ms. Bennett, I do not have any information on the person you are researching, but I am very interested in the LOWNDES surname, as we have it in a branch of my family in the USA. We are researching Lowndes who went from UK (ENGLAND?) to the CARIBBEAN, then to SOUTH CAROLINA, USA. I understand there may have been 1 or 2 branches of Lowndes in England - one in the North, and one around LIVERPOOL. I hear the Liverpool branch may have been shipowners or shipbuilders. Kind regards, Marian Douglas in Europe dasha@unet.com.mk ------------------------------------------------- Staffordshire, England Query Forum Subject: MARY LIZZIE MIDDLETON http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/England/Staffordshire/13133 Surname: bromage, rhodes, meir, lowndes, middleton i am looking for information on MARY LIZZIE MIDDLETON who was born to SARAH ELIZABETH AND JOHN MIDDLETON in NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME,STAFFS in 1873 but went to SIR JOSIAH MASONS ORPHANAGE by 1881 in ERDINGTON,B/HAM.What happened to her when she left the orphanage etc. JANET BENNETT bennett-bureau@cableinet.co.uk