Hi all, I'm back after unsubscribing for a month - as luck would have it the film I ordered (Drighlington Monumental inscriptions) from my local LDS arrived a few days before I was to leave for hols and I mananged to look at it for 1 day before it had to be returned. However I was in luck as I did find a couple of things out on tombstones of direct ancestors of help. On a tombstone of my ancestors - Joseph SYKES and Elizabeth THACKRAH/THACKRAY (etc.) of Drighlington: ---------------------------------------------- In memory of Elizabeth wife of Joseph Sykes of Drighlington and daughter of John Thackrah of Tong Lane End who departed this life February 13, 1820 age 41 Also of James son died 20 Sep 1859 age 50 Also of Joseph Sykes who died Nov 18th 1860 aged 80 ------------------------------------------------ The james bit intrigued me - I was wondering if anyone could look up 1851 for James SYKES in Drighlington who would have been born 1809 (and hence be about 42) and have a birthplace possibly listed as Tong (?). This may help me pinpoint Joseph as being in Tong for a while after he got married... PS: I can't thank Arthur Blackburn enough for his transcriptions 80 odd years ago