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