Yoiks! Just about sure it's a typo Roy :D but Charles succeeding in 1949 would be a bit difficult to do! ;-) Cindy - as Roy says there are lot's of web-sites out there on the reign of Charles II and as with all sites some are good and some are bad. It's a very interesting period of English history and well worth a second look even if you aren't particularly interested in the English Monarchy per se. Bright Blessings Dawn in a suddenly quite chilly Swindon (though once again peaceful now that teenage daughter has returned to her father :D ) -----Original Message----- From: Roy Stockdill To: ENG-YKS-BRADFORD-L@rootsweb.com Sent: 20/04/03 10:24 Subject: Re: [ BRAD] Re: ENG-YKS-BRADFORD-D Digest V03 #128 "Cindy Dooley" <cinsings@hotmail.com> wrote..... > Roy, What years fall under the reign of Charles II? My History of the > monarchs, is very limited!> JUST this once I'll tell you - but, really, such information is very basic and could easily be found just by entering "Charles II" in google. I haven't bothered to try, but I imagine you'd come up with hundreds of websites! Charles II technically acceded to the throne on the execution of his father Charles I on January 30 1949, but of course spent many years in exile during the Commonwealth period and rule of Oliver Cromwell. Charles eventually came to rule on the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660. He died on February 6 1685 and was succeeded by his incompetent brother James II. Roy Stockdill (Editor, Journal of One-Name Studies) SoG Executive & Director of Projects, FFHS Guild of One-Name Studies:- www.one-name.org Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History:- www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html Never ask a man if he comes from Yorkshire. If he does he will tell you, if he does not why humiliate him? - Canon Sydney Smith ==== ENG-YKS-BRADFORD Mailing List ==== The Mailing List Archives are at:- http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=ENG-YKS-BRAD FORD http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ENG-YKS-BRADFORD ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237