Hi Mary I have a friend, Ruth, who was born Barton in Liverpool, in the Edge Hill district. She has done marvellous work on her family history, and all without the aid of a computer! She has found links in Ormskirk district - it is a Catholic family, I think. Any link here? Marged The names I am researching in the Liverpool area are mostly around 1860 - 1920 period, some earlier. Barton ( true Liverpudlians ) Hugo ( x Cornwall) Macaulay ( x Orkney) Johnson ( x Flookburgh near Cartmel originally) Blackman (probably from Middlesex area ) Murray ( x Ireland) Keiser/ kayser/ keyser/Kaiser (x Prussia) Kinsey (x Cheshire) Turner ( true Liverpudlians in the Butchery trade) and ha ha ..... Jones from Wales - where else...... there are so many Jones' called William or Martha it would be a miracle to get anywhere with them ! hope I can link with someone !!!! Mary, in New Zealand