"gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> wrote: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bhx7 Surnames: Maxwell, Saunderson, Longstaff Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.yks.general/14718/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi I am wonderring if anyone out there can help. My wifes 3 x great grandfather William Maxwell moved to Kirkby Moorside some time in the early 1820's or possibly before. We know he married a Mary Anne Saunderson (nothing else known about her)and had at least 3 children Jane, Thomas and Ann. We do not know what happened to Mary Ann or 2 of their children Thomas and Ann. The next time he appears is in Bishop Auckland in Durham with new wife Elizabeth (nee Longstaff). Could their marriage have taken place in or around Kirkby Moorside as we have never been able to find it? Would anyone have access to the Kirkby Moorside Parish Church records in which William and his first wife Mary Ann got married and where there kids where baptised , etc. ? Also could there be an entry in the records to say where William originated. All we know is that on the census returns he is stated as comming from Scotland. Could the Kirkby Moorside Parish Church records hold a clue. Any help on tracing or finding any information on this important part of my wifes family, however small, would be truely appreciated. Thank you all in advance. Kind Regards Brian Hi Brian The Kirkbymoorside registers are available from the Ryedale FH Society. www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org Do you know anything about a Longstaff family at Spennithorne? Jassy Anderson