Hello. I'm new to the list, & am hoping someone here may be able to help me. Most of my research so far has been in Gloucestershire, with the odd bit of Cornwall & Ireland (via Liverpool) thrown in. Herefordshire is a bit of a mystery to me, as I really don't know the area, so please bear with me. :-) My Gt Gt Gt Grandfather was James CASTON b1804ish (the family name was later changed to GASTON), who died at Berkeley in 1833, & so he doesn't appear in any census returns that give any useful information. However, also living in Berkeley, & very much involved in each others lives (attending each others weddings, & naming children after each other), are other CASTON/GASTONs. Namely, Solomon CASTON, Mary CASTON, & Joseph CASTON. My somewhat tenuous link is that I have found (on the LDS site) details of a family in Herefordshire with all these names. They are: William CASTON with wife Elizabeth MORGAN m.1794 @ Sellack, & children Edward bapt1796, John bapt1798, Solomon bapt1801, Mary bapt1803, James bapt1806 & Joseph bapt1808. The children were all baptised at Hentland. Of the CASTONs in Berkeley, Solomon had a son called Edward, James had two children, William & Elizabeth, & Joseph had too many to list, but among them were Elizabeth, William, James, Joseph, Edward & Mary. I guess none of them liked John, as they didn't name any children after him ;-) A William CASTON died at Berkeley in 1843 aged 78 .. this could be the father of the family. Census returns are not consistent, though I have found Solomon in the 1851, showing a place of birth as Hentland, Hereford. On the 1861 Census, Joseph is shown as being born in Herefordshire, but I can't make out the name of the place .. P..g.l.y. Any clues? Solomon's record just says 'Hereford'. I haven't found Mary in any census returns .. I assume she married, though I haven't found any record of that either (just a base born child called Jemima in 1823). SO .. my questions are .. 1. Does anyone have a link to this family? 2. Has anyone come across John or Edward, as they don't appear to have moved to Berkeley with their siblings? 3. Can anyone tell me where William CASTON snr came from? 4. Does anyone know of any other CASTONs in Herefordshire that I could look into for possible links? Thanks in advance. Hilary