Hello, I am new to this list and relatively new to the main Dorset list. My name is Roland Elliott and I am researching my family which have been in Portland for some years. Many of them were Mariners and I have noticed them appearing in various other places in Britain and have naturally assumed that thisas due to their profession. Has anyone else noticed the same with ancestors that were mariners? I am looking at 1800's through to early 1900's and based around Portland and Weymouth with ancestors turning up at Swansea, Brixham, Liverpool, Newcastle, Liverpool and Glasgow. Regards Roland Elliott -- Whatever you Wanadoo: http://www.wanadoo.co.uk/time/ This email has been checked for most known viruses - find out more at: http://www.wanadoo.co.uk/help/id/7098.htm