Hello Folks, To Adrian,re your para on James S,b1780,I think his parents were Daniel and Sarah Guest,m Oct 1762 at Badminton.You can check this in Roe's index of Stinchcombe marriages(D3567 at Glouc CRO) Am persuing origins of Sarah G just now and think we shall find her in one of the Wilts border parishes with Badminton and Hawkesbury To Janet,sorry dont know about this Henry;I cant see any of those you mention in 1881 census index for Glouc? To Robert, Yes,John Alway S was my ggf: his lineage for a few generations back is Henry and Alice/Henry and Susanna/Daniel and Sarah/Nicholas and Sarah--and then a bit tricky but am going forThomas and Bridget/Nicholas and Martha/John and Elizabeth/Thomas/Nicholas/Thomas Note to editor;reason for delay in all my messages is simply that screen only checked at week-ends! Q? Am interested in frequency of first-cousin marriages(I have at least one on each side so far ) does anyone know statistics of all this in-breeding nationally or locally Bye,and greetings to Mrs P-D who has just been pronounced a 4th cousin john s