Hi everyone, Although not directly related to our surname itself, I feel that this is a project of sufficient merit to solicit your support, as it may well prove to be a useful source of research for us all if it happens. The UK's Public Records Office (PRO) is seeking support for a Lottery Funding grant application, so it can make available as an online searchable archive, some 20,000 Mediaeval wax seals from documents held in the PRO. To quote from the leaflet on this, the archive will offer "...a catalogue, fully searchable under many different heads: names of owner and user, date, region, design, inscription etc. Exact consistency of description, even for detailed elements of design, will make the catalogue a tool of great value for mediaeval study and research." Further it tells us that "... Mediaeval seals on-line is not concerned only with seals of kings, bishops, knights, monasteries and the like, but also those of ordinary people (almost unknown, although in fact some four-fifths of surviving seals)". If you would like to express support for this valuable addition to online archives, please visit the PRO here: http://www.pro.gov.uk/online/seals.htm and click on the Mediaeval Seals link (IN ORANGE AT THE TOP OF THE PARAGRAPH) to download the Acrobat .pdf file which has a copy of the support form for you to complete, and the address to which it needs returning. This can be done either electronically by e-mail or via snail mail. The Mediaeval seals project is part of the UK PRO's programme of making information available online. The 1901 Census will be made wholly available online for the first time in January 2002. -- Cheers, Anne mailto:Anne.Nichols@ukgateway.net ListOwner: Docwra, Dockery, Garton, Hampson, Schofield Message Board Admin: Docwra, Dockery, Dockerill, Dockrey, Dockrill, Garton, Hampson