Hello to all Listers I am new to the list, having just taken up my family research again after a number of years away. My main families are: DOWMAN and WINNING. Families connected with them are GRAY, BARRETT , MORRISON, CLARKE and COLTHURST. To work backwards: my g grandparents were Catherine DOWMAN and Peter WINNING. Catherine was born about 1860 in Cork, Peter in Northern Ireland. They were married in Dublin on 8 Aug 1880 at St Bride's Church (C of I). Both died in Cork, Peter in 1896 and Catherine in 1937. Catherine's father was Gray DOWMAN b. 1775 in Cork, and I can go back with some certainty to John DOWMAN b. about 1707, who married Letitia (Lettice) GRAY in about 1743 in Cork. Lettice was born about 1722. There are 2 more links back to a George DOWMAN and a John Senior DOWMAN, but I am unsure about these. If anyone out there recognises these families I would love to hear from you. With best wishes, Glenda Oxfordshire