Dear List I have not posted for some time and as I am trying to sort my information out I am taking one family at a time. At present I am researching my MAYER family. They come mainly from Tunstall and the Norton area. My grandfather, Elijah married Julia YALE. His father, Cain, married Alice Ann SHEPHERD. Cain's father Cain, was killed in the Chatterley Whitfield mining explosion in 1881. His wife was Ellen WRIGHT who was illigitmate. Cain's father, Elijah, (they are nothing if not predictable!) was married to Eliza HANCOCK. Further back there is a link to POTT family. There is also a connection to a James Cook but I do not know what as the Cook name has continued as a middle name down the generations. (It isn't a maiden name ) I would be pleased to hear from anyone who is researching this family. Regards Ann -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.0 - Release Date: 29/04/2005