Hi everyone! Had a good start to the morning with Barb's e-mails- just shows that those from the NW always had a sense of humour, even the law!!!! Just a general request- I am still trying to find out where/when Thomas KNIPE [married in Plumbland 1815 and died in Maryport 1842] was born-probably around 1780. [He is neither the Thomas Knipe from Uldale nor is he the one from Baildon.] If you find any research relating to KNIPE prior to 1800 please pass it on to me and I will sift through it. There is evidence of Knipes in Westmorland as far back as 1300. Have a great day from a very chilly Durban SA-which is normally very sub-tropical!!!!!!! Bev