Hello Richard, I can not find any references on BIVRI for the years stated. There is the following BROOK, Nathaniel Christening Gender: Male Christening Date: 30 Mar 1766 Recorded in: Bradford Abbas, Dorset, England Father: Nathaniel BROOK Mother: Dorothy Source: FHL Film 1279482 Dates: 1745 - 1782 BROOKS, Nathaniel Christening Gender: Male Birth Date: 4 Aug 1776 Christening Date: 4 Aug 1776 Recorded in: Castleton, Dorset, England Father: Nathaniel BROOKS Mother: Elizabeth Source: FHL Film 1279489 Dates: 1760 - 1816 BROOKE, Daniel Christening Gender: Male Christening Date: 1 Jul 1750 Recorded in: Bradford Abbas, Dorset, England Father: Daniel BROOKE Mother: Edith Source: FHL Film 1279482 Dates: 1745 - 1782 BROOKE, Edward Christening Gender: Male Christening Date: 29 Dec 1751 Recorded in: Bradford Abbas, Dorset, England Father: Daniel BROOKE Mother: Edith Source: FHL Film 1279482 Dates: 1745 - 1782 >From the National Archives which may be of interest in obtaining a copy, are the following wills. They may give you some more leads. http://tinyurl.com/234bz7h Will of Nathaniel Brooks, Merchant of Poole , Dorset 07 March 1776 PROB 11/1017 Will of Nathaniel Brooks of Poole, Dorset 30 May 1764 PROB 11/898 Kind regards, Lynne, Sydney, AUSTRALIA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Lamb" <lambikins@ozemail.com.au> To: <DORSET@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 3:43 PM Subject: [DOR] Brooks Poole - Newfoundland > Hi > > I am new to this site and would appreciate any help please . Am looking > for bapt, marr etc details of Nathaniel Brooks and Henry Brooks.... > > ** possibly brothers or maybe cousins; born approx 1720 to 1735 ; > Nathaniel's wife was Molly > > **both were Newfoundland merchant mariners operating from Poole in the > 1750's and 1760's; a search of Dorset Rootsweb archives has some detail of > their careers but no details of their antecedents; they were possibly part > of a larger Brooks family fishery business from Poole at that time > > ** newspaper reports of 1792-95 indicate bankruptcy of an Edith Brooks > with major holdings in Bay Bulls Newfoundland and she was of Poole and had > 25 acres at Lytchett Minster also; she may or may not be related to these > brothers or cousins ( aunt, mother?) > > ** they could have been born in any of the parishes around Poole of course > > Have not had much luck with Dorset OPC's so any assistance very welcome > > thanks in anticipation