Many thanks for the positive comment, David. Funnily enough, yesterday I was logging STARBUCK details from the National Probate Calendar on Ancestry and found several in Barlestone! Shame, as you say, that the PRs don't start earlier, but that's very much par for the course on this quest. In our contact group, we have one person whose STARBUCK roots are in Leicestershire, but we're still looking for the 'missing link' between his lot and Notts/Derbys STARBUCKs. If anyone knows or meets any males of that surname, perhaps you could enquire if they'd be willing to Y-DNA test? Celia Renshaw in Chesterfield, Derbyshire www.morgansite.wordpress.com > Celia, > > Fascinating article and a model of good genealogical writing! > > I have recently been working with parish registers from Barlestone, Leicestershire, where there are quite a few Starbuck individuals. But this is not useful for your research, since the Barlestone PRs don’t begin till the 1650s. > > David Langenberg > Newark, DE, USA > >