Hello Listers Here are my ancestors, mainly from Tipton, Sedgley, Princes End, West Bromwich, Toll End, to name a few. Main line: From 1555 onwards HARTILL, LAW, HARROLD, Married into: From 1555 onwards UNDERWOOD, HATHAWAY, SUMMERHILL, DUDLEY, TURLEY, CORNFIELD, FOX, COLLINS, UNDERHILL, GREEN, WORLEY, CROSSE, TURTON Have a great day, Ducie Tweed Heads NSW Australia -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 1175 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message

My own list of particular genealogical headaches as follows; HIGGS (Wednesbury, Willenhall, Wolverhampton, & Penn, following 1757 marriage there. Also a different maternal line in Brierley Hill and Kingswinford pre 1803) TUCKEY (West Bromwich, Tipton, Wednesbury, & Deepfields/Coseley following Wolverhampton marriage in 1836 - not born in county on 1841 census and died in 1849 cholera epidemic so don't know where the line originates) PERCY & SHEWARD (in Dudley from early 1800s - previously from Salop & Worcs.) TAYLOR & RAMSDALE (also RAMSDELL, ROMSWELL, RAMSALL et al) in Wednesbury (later 18th century plus) possibly with Walsall connections SHORTER (sometimes SHORTHOUSE) in Willenhall BEARDMORE (inc BEARDSMORE, BEAMAN et al) in Wednesbury, Coseley & Ettingshall back to 1763 SHAKESPEARE (Netherton & Brierley Hill) especially if using first name 'Issachar' which comes down through marriage with maternal HIGGS line. JEAVONS (of Coseley & Sedgley) - two lots, probably interrelated, from early 1800s HALL, SMITH, NICHOLLS, JOHNSON, FULLWOOD, PARKER, BRADLEY (Sedgley & Kingswinford) back to 1684 with many ????s HAYWARD in Sedgley & Coseley from 1865 (previously from Bucks.) HALL, EDWARDS, BIRD, EDGE, BRETTELL, HILL (Netherton, Halesowen, & Oldwsinford) from early 1700s HANCOX, RHODES, BOURN, EVANS, FINCH (Coseley, Sedgley, & Dudley) DARBY (DARBEY), TOMPSON, WHITEHOUSE, TURTON, COOPER, PERSEHOUSE (& PARKSHOUSE) (Sedgley, Gornal, Dudley, & Tipton from early 1600s) DUDLEY alias SUTTON (alias TOMLINSON) - up at the castle (Dudley & Tipton, late 1500s-1600s) Thanks Carl