Many Thanks to everyone who replied I keep going back to the 'opc' site as well as Ancestry and other sites as my ancestors were very unimaginative and used the same names for several generations along with several of their brothers and sister so you may end up with 4 to 6 Alfred's or William in a ten year or less period. But as I was told 20 odd years ago when I first started that this was a frustratingly addictive hobby, I now understand why. Maggi Hi Everyone I have an Eliza RIGGS born about 1849 to a William RIGGS AND Johanna WOODSFORD in Dorset around Puddletown or Blandford that I would like more information about. Eliza married my ancestor Alfred BILES in Dorchester in Jun 1872 and I picked up children from Free BDM but hoping that get more information on Eliza herself. Maggi Perth WA Australia ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Keith Radford" <keilyn03@tpg.com.au> Hello Maggie, Have you had a look at Dorset OPC http://www.opcdorset.org/ Kind regards, Lynne, Sydney, AUSTRALIA *****************