Hi all, 1) Where are you today, actually, geographically? Bergen Co, NJ - though I grew up in Brooklyn, NY. My husband who is actually the DEWHURST grew up in the Bronx, NY. 2) What are your DEWHURST lines DEWHURST from Blackburn, Lanc, ENG> Chorley about 1816> Lowell, MA about 1840 > NYC about 1860 > Brooklyn, NY 1875... 3) How long have you been researching About 27 years. 4) How did you get interested in family history My oldest daughter had a Girl Scout project - to draw a family tree. At the time, my grandmother was still alive and we called her up and got a lot of answers (of course, NOW I know that there were many more questions we should have asked.) My daughter and the Girl Scouts went on to other projects, but I was hooked... 5) Where are you stuck I'm stuck in 1700s in Blackburn. James DEWHURST was born then, but I cannot find him. I'll have to dig out all the details. It's been a while since I worked on these guys. There never seemed to be many interested in the surname until now. 6) Can you take your Dewhurst line "back to Adam" - show us! Not likely - but, I do have a copy of pages written about Blackburn history that tell a lot about the earlier Dewhurst family. I'll look for that too. 7) How can we best pass along our interest in family history to forthcoming generations By freely sharing our information with others who are interested in the family. I will not, however, submit the info I've collected to any company that will charge others to see what it says. Nor will I just "publish" my family on the net. I'm interested in the EXCHANGE of information - not in providing my whole chart for someone to add to their own. 8) Anyone willing to share some good interview questions or techniques to get our elders to tell all Haven't found any winners - mostly luck - I think. 9) What are your favorite DEWHURST research internet links ?? 10) Anyone know of books written on the DEWHURSTS? As I mentioned above - Believe it was written by Abrams - and is The History of Blackburn. I'll look. Of course there's always the "Book of DEWHURSTs" by that well known company in Bath, OH <G> Quite a few years ago, I was in contact with a Roger Dewhurst of CA. We attempted to put together a DEWHURST USA Association. We were in contact with quite a few people at the time, and I have a lot of letters and charts about DEWHURST families in this country. Some of them are extremely interesting reading. The association never got off the ground and I've lost contact with Roger. I've also collected a lot of Census info that doesn't fit with my family - and other stuff pertaining to the name. I think we'll have a lot to talk about in the weeks to come. Terry / Glen Rock, NJ