Hello List, anyone help in any way please. The subject name was in the Norfolk area namely The Parish of Tilney All Saints in 1674-1678 a family of Jacob and Susan with daughters Susan 1674 and Mary 1678 and the spelling DORENALE. The river Great Ouse passed through this village with its land on either side asking to be drained and then having the meander to this village straightened with the Eau Brink Cut in middle 1800's. The next information on the name now changed to,I believe, it's original Walloon spelling of DORENAIL gave me a Benjamin a tenant of the Duke of Bedford at Thorney, Cambs 1730-34 (supplied by Carol MARKILLIE) This Benjamin arrived in West Lynn with a Mary NN and a family including a Joseph 1730 and a John 1737 to whom I think I have given some substance, at least for the John with a family who married a Huguenot name PRESANT Susannah in the next village of Clenchwarton, her residence and he of West Lynn in 1764. No such trace as yet for Joseph but I have ! a Burial that fits May 1803 in another adjacent village, with the name cropping up generally, of Terrington St Clement. The family spreads to the Parish of South Lynn All Saints via various connections to my defined name of DONALD via DONELL 1792 a John marrying a Mary ANTHONY in West Winch with a son James from whom I have traced my maternal grandmothers family the final DONALD family, hence my Uncle and my own Christian names of Donald. I will be grateful to hear from anyone with any further details on the names at all relating generally to the Fen Area. As far as a list is concerned mine as you see is the NORFOLK and THE FENS is now related mainly to the current county of CAMBRIDGESHIRE. TIA and regards, Don.S.DODMAN researching DODMAN [Bacton/Barney/Fakenham/Sculthorpe/Grimston/Tilney/Colkirk etc] DONALD[West Lynn,Tilneys/Clenchwarton incl Walloon connection] SHIRLEY[Briston/Guestwick/Worthing/Billingford etc] KILLINGSWORTH[Clenchwarton/Tilneys/Walpoles etc] HORNIGOLD[Shipdham/W.Raynham/King's Lynn and into Suffolk] SPINKS[Hockwold-cum-Wilton/Bodney/Colkirk/Stoke Holy Cross etc] NFHS Member No.4254. SUBSCRIBER to NORFOLK List. [email protected] http://www.btinternet.com/~dondodman.htm