Patricia, Of immense help ; thank you very much for your post of the Birketts of Cockermouth. I'm getting there , someday I'll solve this puzzle. David ps I'll keep my eye out for Brocklebanks. When I last studied the 1851 Census for "Cockermouth district #570" there were 60 different divisions (parishes, townships, etc) for Cockermouth. (Now some, like "Parish of Brigham" had 11 "townships"). The stats I got off the front of the census (some of which didn't add up so I re-added) say there were 38,306 total residents in Cockermouth District in 1851. Sounds like a lot but it's far better than London, Manchester or New York. In a message dated 1/28/03 9:55:14 AM Central Standard Time, ashpat@tinyonline.co.uk writes: <snip>> > hope these are of help to someone, i have no connection with this name, > just noted them while researching my Brocklebanks. > > Regards > Patricia Clews > >