Hi Don, I'll keep all that on file, but so far I haven't found any LUCKs in my tree (hah - or much luck with this branch either!) - the HOLLAND/FARMER connection came through two SMALL marriages. The early FARMERs were all Bermondsey ropemakers and branches continued living south of the Thames, apart from one FARMER widow who remarried and went north to Yorkshire with her son. Good luck with regaining your lost information. Regards, Anne south-east South Australia Donald Fraser wrote: > Hello Anne, > I saw your EM today and thought that I would give > you a quick reply to your query. My name is Don FRASER and I have been > trying to make sense of my family tree for many years now without much luck. > One of my earliest ancestors is a William LUCK circ 1640 possibly from Kent. > He had 4 children Thomas. William, Anne Edmund. There were many more > descendants, but I will skip these and go on to Anne LUCK b 1666 Albury > Surrey, who married a John HOLLAND 11 Nov. 1696 at Merrow Surrey > They had children:- > Elizabeth b 1698 Shipley, Sussex > Jane b 1701 Shipley. > Mary b.1703 Shipley > Phillip b 1705 Shipley > Ann b 1708 Shipley > John b 1710 Shipley > My great Grand Mother was a Sarah Ann Marshall b. Portsea Portsmouth 1855 > and married a William FARMER b 1852 at Hilsea , Portsmouth I am descended > from this line. I have many more names of HOLLAND etc, but unfortunately I > was working away on my machine a few weeks ago when it received a pretty > powerful surge during a Thunder Storm. My computer was burnt out, but I was > lucky enough to have most things 'backed up' so I am not yet back to normal. > If you think that we may have something in common, please give me a shout. I > am quite happy to share everything that I might have, if it is of any > interest to you. In the meantime I will work on getting my files back in > order. > > > Good hunting Don FRASER. > > Incidentally, what part of Aus. are you from ?