Richard I saw your message on the East Yorks List, the one that listed your interests. Amongst them you had DAWSON in the East Riding. I have a Dawson family in my family tree but, as yet, I don't know much about them. They were a Roger & Susannah who seem to have settled in Beverley in the late 1790s. Susannah was the daughter of my ancestor Jeremiah Smith and was born in Winterton, North Lincs in 1767 - she married Roger there in 1786 but I think he was from Beverley. All of Jeremiah's daughters made fascinating marriages and mainly to Yorkshire men, I haven't got round to looking at Susannah yet. Roger & Susannah are a fairly un-usual coupling of names which makes me inclined to believe the IGI when it has 7 children baptised at St John & St Martin in Beverley. I was going to order the relevant register through our local LDS centre but they are closing down for renovation and have stopped all film ordering. So I'm stuck for now. Have you come across this family ? Jane Greenaway Cheltenham Glos