It would seem that my Email of October 6 has offended some people and that was not my intent. I thought that my comments, "that I was only offering suggestions and not making statements", covered what I was trying to say, but that was obviously not enough. The particular offence seems to be my comment in Para 2 where I said that "That the Eltisley parish register records Elizabeth Hatley,wife of James being buried in 1828". That is NOT ( Necessily) TRUE, when I checked the microfiche that I have of the Bishop's Transcripts (There were no parish records for that period) it showed that on January 9 1628 (Which I would interpret as 1629 as it comes after December 1628, under the heading of 1628) it shows just the name, Elizabeth.. I made the mistake of Commenting on my notes, which referred to a "Disbrowe Pedigree Chart" that I had received from a Professional Genealogist while I was doing research in England in 1999. The chart showed that James' wife had died in Eltisley in 1828 and I correctly or incorrectly assumed that to be fact .It was my first experience of receiving professional advice, so who was I to question the assumption of a professional genealogist. I had assumed that as James the Elder Yeoman's will, apparentl! y states that Elizabeth is his sole executor that it was known by the Genealogist making the statement, that she had died before the probate of the will on October 25 1638. The truth is simply answered by the question,"Was Elizabeth,the sole Executor of James' will of 1614/15 still alive in 1638 or did she die in 1628?. I don't think that anyone, to my knowledge, has answered that question. I will not accept the negative approach that we must distrust all information from anyone until we have proved it for ourselves. Yes, we should be cautious, but I would like to remain naive ( inspite of my elderly mind) and believe that we are all here to help each other.Otherwise those souls who gave their lives on 9/11 did so in vain. I have received a lot of help from Genealogists all over the world, for which I am extremely grateful. They have been very helpful, considerate and patient to those who are not as knowledgeable as themselves. We have had a lot of fun in assisting each other in our research and so it should be. I am very lucky to be involved with the Arizona State Genealogical society( and many Family History Societies in England) and they are wonderful,intelligent and responsive people . We have a lot of fun. I owe you an apology Michael, as I did not answer your very courteous and gracious response to my posting of October 6,( Misinformed as it may have been) ,unfortunately I got the dreaded virus from the UK and in my panic I lost my email records. I found your response on Rootsweb when I was surfing but I have been unable to find the website again. If you need an answer to something (I seem to remember that you asked a question) please let me know and I will respond. I would like to thank Carl for the information that he gave me when I started and to those who sent encouraging words to my email of October 6. What you have done Michael, has been a great help to all of those of us who are grasping at straws to connect with their heritage, I thank you and hope that you will continue in spite of any hiccups that occur and that other members who use the site will respond accordingly. Please continue the good work we all need to be networking, time is running out.. Good Hunting, Brian Disbury.