I have just confirmed a branch of my line that I have spent many years researching and I want to share it and also to thank Geoffro. As a result of belonging to the Hawkesbury list and Geoff's posting of the Sussex Index where there are several entries regarding John BRIDGES and Arthur CREWE I have been able to confirm that this John BRIDGES is my 10th great-grandfather. I had two wills for John BRIDGES of Wotton-under-Edge - one belonging to my 11th g-g'father and another that was impossible to read. I presumed that the second one was his son until I saw the Index and I starting doubting. It referred to John BRIDGES of Winterbourne, a place that had never been connected with my BRIDGES family. Today I received the will of John BRIDGES of Winterbourne proved in 1610 and there was the proof I needed along with information that fills in a few gaps and tells me that Arthur CREWE was his son-in-law. I really am grateful to be a member of the Hawkesbury List. Pat Adair Auckland New Zealand Researching: POOLE, FRANKCOM, WORKMAN, HANCOCK, THOMAS, PITT, CREWE AND BRIDGES, all of Hawkesbury and EMERSON and HATHWAY of Horton.

Pat is very kind to give me the credit for helping me build her BRIDGES ( I know its a bad joke but it has been a long week - quarterly VAT accounts) but the document index to which she refers was compiled by volunteer members of Hawkesbury Local History Society. All I did was put it on the web pages. List members should join Hawkesbury Local History Society. There is a link to them from the web pages. Geoffro