Hello Roz When you dig out your info on the SMITH family. Can you see if there is a connection to Osmotherley (just a few miles north of Thirsk). My CHRISTON family were in the early years Roman Catholic and the SMITH name comes up a lot as sponsors/godparents at christenings. Also an early CHRISTON was married to a SMITH (around 1780). It is believed that the CHRISTON family came in as weavers from Ireland. Kindest regards. Macha in NZ (born Saltburn till 9 then moved back to our ancestral village of Osmotherley) -----Original Message----- From: eng-north-yorks-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-north-yorks-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Doronic@aol.com Sent: Monday, 18 June 2007 5:36 a.m. To: eng-north-yorks@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ENG-NORTH-YORKS] SMITH of Thirsk Hi Margaret, There is a memorial at Thirsk church for a Jacob SMITH who died 15 August 1833, aged 53, and Ann his daughter, who died 15 Jan 1806 aged 3? months. Also next to this a stone in memory of John SMITH son of John and Mary SMITH who died 31 Oct 1842 aged 3 yrs 4 mths. The name Jacob SMITH may be significant; there is a family in this locality who had a Jacob in each generation for well over a hundred years; an elderly lady with Jacob as a middle name died only recently in Knaresborough, and a descendant of this family now lives in Australia. The earlier generations are quite difficult to track down, as they moved from property to property over quite a wide area, from Givendale and Blois Hall in the Ripon area, to Kirkby Hill and Aldborough, near Boroughbridge. Somewhere in a file or box I have quite a bit of information about this family; will try to locate what I can if you think it may be a useful link. Best wishes, Roz. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-NORTH-YORKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.0/852 - Release Date: 17/06/2007 8:23 a.m.