In a message dated 27/04/2009 21:56:07 GMT Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Sorry I can't offer any clues to the Goodchild family, and I suspect that George Graham, as recommended by Clifford, can't either. ____________________________________________________________________________ A shipwright named Ralph Goodchild worked on the Wear in 1672 and his family name was linked with shipbuilding until 1821. A bank established by the Goodchilds failed in 1816, but their business activities continued. Between 1801 and 1821 they built fourteen vessels totalling 1,600t. Stan Mapstone