Well, Chris...all I can say is...I thought I had it bad but mine is simple in comparison :) Jan researching: SHAW, BOADLE, DIXON, NEILL, CONKEY, TOPPING, STEELE, GLENDINNING, MOSSOP, COPELAND - cumbria BROCKBANK, HERBERT, PARKER - cumbria SHEDD, SPEARS, STICKNEY, JEWETT, BURCH, BLOOD, HALL - usa

Jan wrote: >Well, Chris...all I can say is...I thought I had it bad but >mine is simple in comparison :) >Jan >researching: >SHAW, BOADLE, DIXON, NEILL, CONKEY, TOPPING, STEELE, >GLENDINNING, MOSSOP, >COPELAND - cumbria Oh, I don't know! DIXON, STEELE and MOSSOP!! Were these Dixons and Steeles in the Arlecdon/Frizington area? The Steeles of Acre Walls were very well-to-do yeomanry. And Caesar Caine in his book on Cleator has a lot on the Steeles of Bowthorn. Chris chris@dickinson.uk.net