Greetings all, I am back online and amongst you. It may take me a while to catch up with all your mails as I now need to start the process of reinstalling all my program files. The Grave Robber has already whetted your appetite in his last mail which would have earned him a Pond Dipping but for the intervention of Mrd Pond Dipper whom he made laugh. He is entirely correct about the church at Tresham , the views are amazing. Amongst the monuments names recognised included FRANCKOM and BOULTON as well as the odd CHAPPELL and STINCHCOMBE. We will leave the Beaufort at noon next Saturday (July 29) to photograph and catalogue the monuments at Tresham and at Alderley. Please join us. A big surprise was the size of the graveyard at Little Badminton which we know was part of the parish of Hawkesbury. I would estimate that there are in excess of 200 monuments there including many of the names list members are looking for. FRANCKOM, STINCHCOMBE, CHAPPELL, and more. Unfortunately as we had not planned to go grave visiting we had neither cameras, dictaphones or pen and paper with us. Large parts of the graveyard are overgrown and we will probably arrange a trip their soon. Mr VINER was a lovely friendly soul (despite his initial suspicious nature) who produced a plan of part of the grave yard upon which was marked a HULBERT plot. Unfortunately there was no stone on this plot. We located the resting place of George STINCHCOMBE who was chauffer to the duke of beaufort which will make Benson happy. Later in the Beaufort we were fortunate to meet Dave COATES who is a cousin to Mrs Pond Dipper and a lovely man. If you havent posted your interests for a while then you should consider doing so now and reminding people who you are looking for. Remember also to visit the hawkesbury web pages regularly as links etc are being added all the time. Have you visited Marilyn MOFFATs pages yet ? You should !! Geoffro The Pond Dipper Http://www.HawkesburyFamilyHistory.co.uk