In a message dated 16/10/2007 07:43:14 GMT Standard Time, mike.gould@ndirect.co.uk writes: > > Can anyone tell me anything about Harold CHIPPINDALE/CHIPPENDALE, > born 1863 Guiseley. He was an architect and the son of Benjamin and > Isabella. I'm trying to find out whether he was any relation to the > well-known furniture maker, Thomas CHIPPENDALE.> If you use Google, there is extensive information on Thomas Chippendale. He was baptised at Otley on June 5 1718, son of John, a carpenter. Virtually nothing is known of his early life but he married Catherine Redshaw in London in 1748, so it seems very likely that if Harold Chippendale was related in any way he would have been distant. As Judy says, there were Chippendales in the area in the 1600s. As it happens, I have the Otley parish registers from 1750 to 1812 on a CD published by the Yorkshire Parish Register Society and in a number of booklets from 1813 to 1837 from the Wharfedale Family History Group. I had Otley ancestors myself called MOODY and there is a Chippendale- Moody marriage somewhere in the registers. I don't normally do look-ups but if you want to post how far back you have got before Benjamin I will see what I can do, since I am sufficiently interested in any possible Chippendale connection to my own family. -- Roy Stockdill Editor, Journal of One-Name Studies Guild of One-Name Studies website: www.one-name.org Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE