Nick, >I suggest that if you come to Chester, pay a visit to the library and ask to see >Ormerod's History of Cheshire. You will find numerous pedigrees in these volumes >which you can photo-copy on the spot. I suggest the library rather than the Record >Office, because of the ability to photo-copy the pages yourself and also because it >is considerably cheaper and quicker! Actually, I did review and phtocopy some of that at the library when I was there with my father about 12 years ago. The library was quite nice. >Whoever, F. A. Lawson is or was, he may well have got his information from >Ormerod, which i consider to be excellent. At the bottom of his chart of the Dutton's he includes Ormerod as one of the cited references, but he also cites "Frodsham, Waverton, E Thornton Par Regrs and private information." I would be interested in tracking those items that must be behind much of the 19th and 20th century material on his chart. I'm not sure I'll make it there this trip. My intent is to walk 50-80 miles through the beautiful Yorkshire Dales. Doug