In a message dated 12/07/2004 09:15:39 GMT Daylight Time, grannykay@tiscali.co.uk writes: That is 1115 years, or half a generation, . . I must be developing sticky fingers! That, of course, should have been 15 years for the length of the Barrington period, and no, I did not mean Old Testament generations! . . Geoff Nicholson . 57 Manor Park, Concord, WASHINGTON, Tyne & Wear NE37 2BU Long-established Professional Genealogist: ask for details of NBL/DUR family history research by THE local expert, working for YOU.