Hi Peter I have Bowers from Darlington and they came from Great Wratting in Suffolk Any tie-up with your Norfolk Bowers ? Brian -----Original Message----- From: Peter Appleton [mailto:peter.appleton3@ntlworld.com] Sent: 31 August 2003 11:05 To: ENG-NORTH-YORKS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [N'Yorks] New to list Hello everyone, Just a quick e-mail to introduce myself. My name is Peter Appleton and I live in Guisborough (in what used to be known as the North Riding of Yorkshire in the good old days!). I began researching my family tree in January of this year when I took early retirement. I've been working at it fairly steadily (two-three days per week) and would regard myself as somewhere between beginner and intermediate in terms of my skills as a genealogical researcher. The family names and main localities that I am researching are as follows: APPLETON, Kirby-in-Cleveland & Whorlton, 1600-1900 APPLETON, Skelton-in-Cleveland, 1850-present BOWERS, Skelton-in-Cleveland and Brotton, 1880-present CARVER, North Skelton, 1870-present COCKERILL, Langdale End & Goathland, 1800-1900 EVANS, Eston, 1850-1880 EVANS, Skelton-in-Cleveland, 1880-present FAWCETT, Crathorne & Wilton, 1750-1900 FAWCETT, Skelton-in-Cleveland, 1880-present LEGG(E), Lythe & Ugthorpe, 1750-1900 WOODS, Stanghow, 1870-1900 The BOWERS, CARVER and WOODS families came from Norfolk. The EVANS family I have traced back to an Evan EVANS in Glamorganshire, Wales (and tracing him any further back is like looking for a needle in a haystack!) regards, Peter Appleton ==== ENG-NORTH-YORKS Mailing List ==== ----------> ALL CAPS or UPPER CASE Letters Permissible Use <---------- When typing a surname? YES! Absolutely! A must! For general text? NO! It's shouting, bad manners (Netiquette) and hard to find surnames. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 19/08/03 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 19/08/03