Hi Rita, here you are:- 1754 (38) Beard Samuel, soldier in the Royal Welsh Fusileers quartered at Exeter, born Old Swinford with wife Mary whom he Married in Ghent Flanders 1774, father of James born 1750 previously apprenticed to William Darby Blacksmith of Old Swinford for 4 yrs. 1733 (297) John Broadhurst is apprenticed to Wm Darby a Nayler Old Swinford. HTH from Linda. --- On Wed, 9/12/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Bastardy Orders To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, 9 December, 2009, 9:12 <I have some bastardy, poor law, and settlement documents for the Parish of Old Swinford, also?lists some <people from the Kingswinford and?surrounding area, who are you looking for Robert? With regard to the above posted on Black Country site, can I be cheeky and ask if there are any DARBYs from Kingswinford/Wordsley amongst your documents, please. Rita http://www.webspawner.com/users/ritabailey/index.html