Recently I found out the name of my G Grandfather as George Cooke. I have no idea about dates, except to say that his son (my grandfather) Samuel was married on this date (Dec 26th 1906. I would guess that George was born around the middle of the 1800's possibly in Derbyshire? The family was reputed to have had 8 or nine boys? Any pointers would be appreciated. Wishing everyone a prosperous New Year and Happy Hunting for relatives. John (cookie) Family interests: Cooke, Mason, Robinson, Garside, Wood, Westgarth, Janveau, Vagen http://users.interlinks.net/cookie/index.html