How thanks Frances I didnt think to check Genuki for that. So I suppose 30 -40 miles is not that far.. at least not in Australian terms. I will have to concentrate on concreting the information. thanks Mark G (Australia) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frances Bishop" <bishad@direct.ca> To: <ENG-BANBURY-AREA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 9:00 AM Subject: [BAN] Re Query (approximate point-to-point distances) > > > > > >Hi list could some kind local to Banbury tell me how far would it be between > > > >Brockworth, Gloucestershire and Brailes and Banbury.. > > > > > I'm sure you already have the answers, but I couldn't resist testing > my theory that http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/churchdb is handy for > problems like this. > > Entering the primary place name brings up that place, plus churches > within 3 miles. > > At this stage you can change the number of miles and search again. > > * Distances are approximate and not all churches are included in the > database. Reasons are explained. > > Using Brockworth as the base I expanded the search to 30 miles (see Brailes) > and again to 40 miles (see Banbury). > > Miles > > ~ 0 Church of England, Brockworth [Gloucestershire] > > ~ 29ENE Church of England, Brailes, Warwickshire > > ~ 36ENE Church of England, Drayton (Banbury), Oxfordshire > > ~ 38ENE Church of England, Banbury, Oxfordshire > > > Here's another feature of the GENUKI site. Clicking on "Church of > England" links to a page with three map sites. Clicking on an > underlined place name links to a GENUKI page offering various kinds > of information about that place. > > For example GENUKI's Brockworth page > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/GLS/Brockworth > includes a link to "Research Sources for the parish of St George, > Brockworth" and much more. (Wish I had ancestors there!) > > > ============================== > New! OneWorldTree. Building Trees. Connecting Families. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13970/rd.ashx > >