Hi listers, My parents grew up around Rotherham. My father's family moved there en masse from Staffordshire in about 1898: names included ALLEN, BROOKES and FLAVELL. Dad was born at 42 Queen St in 1903. Branches of the family proliferated around the area and lived at Sheffield and Wath as well as Rotherham. Dad's lot ended up in South Kirkby, where he met my mother. She had been born in Pontefract in 1903 to James and Frances GAUNT. They moved to South Kirkby when James worked at Frickley Colliery. My dad served his time there as a fitter and turner, and I think they went to the same church, too, so that's how they met. I'm interested in hearing from anyone else researching these lines or laterals thereof. Cheers, Satima Satima Flavell Neist in Perth, Western Australia satimafn@mpx.com.au Listadmin FLAVEL-L@rootsweb.com; GAUNT-L@rootsweb.com; HINCHLIFFE-UK-L@rootsweb.com; KILBURN-UK-L@rootsweb.com; ENG-YKS-Dewsbury-L@rootsweb.com and ENG-BLACKCOUNTRY-DIASPORA-L@rootsweb.com