Well I think I would invite a married couple - my gggg grandparents William Umpleby and Elizabeth Hebden of Ripon. Hopefully they would be good company - William was a brewer's assistant and also seems to have kept a small inn or beer house in Ripon. I would particularly like to ask William whether he was the same William Umpleby of Ripon who in 1833 was convicted at York of the manslaughter of man called Joseph Mudd and sentenced to three months' hard labour at the House of Correction in Wakefield. If so, could I please have a few more details about the victim and the reason for the crime. Was Joseph related to the John and Elizabeth Mudd aged 60 who were neighbours of my Umpleby family in Stammergate, Ripon in the 1841 census. As for Elizabeth - well I know that she was born in the tiny village of Fellbeck near Pateley Bridge sometime around 1799. But I would love to ask her who her parents were? And what was her relationship to Ruth Walker nee Hebden who seems to be living in the same household as William and Elizabeth in 1841 and whose death she witnessed in 1854. Was she related to the notorious Sinkler Hebden brothers of Pateley Bridge who were transported to Australia for an assortment of violent crimes - but managed eventually to return to Ripon. I just hope the dinner doesn't get too rowdy. Cheers Mary -- Emelle Kay emellekay@fastmail.co.uk -- http://www.fastmail.fm - I mean, what is it about a decent email service?