Hi Listers, This is my first posting to this list - please be gentle with me (:-) I have just discovered a Staffs. link to my maternal BELL family: Joseph BELL b. abt 1828, Trusthorpe, Lincs Spouse - Myra b. abt 1832, Hixon Children: William b. abt 1856, Dayhills Alfred b. abt 1862, Stone Ruben b. abt 1867, Stone Alice b. abt 1870, Stone George b. abt 1872, Stone. Have more info on the links to Burnley, Lancs. Any interest out there? Regards Barrie Sharples North Yorkshire, England "A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees." William Blake 1757 - 1827 Still searching for: SHARPLES,SEDDON,ROMSDALE,KAY,HODGKINSON, BELL - Lancs. TEMPEST Burnley - plus Craven Dales -Yorks. Now! - BELL in Lincoln & Staffordshire