Hello all My 3x Great Grandfather was John Snook B Milford on Sea circa 1790 according to the Card Index (from calculations made) and IGI etc records located to date. However, cannot trace him to an actual date for bp or birth nor his marriage to an ?unknown perhaps an Alice whose maiden surname also cannot be found, so cannot be sure he actually married an Alice. We think not on the Island. One of the brick walls we have with my tracing this descendant is that the descendants from the above obviously moved to IOW (Shalfleet/Yarmouth area) and then became Blacksmiths - John Macey Snook Bp 6 March 1814 Shalfleet marr Alice nee Jackson @ Carisbrooke 18 Aug 1836 and they lived in Newport, operating from Snooks Hill Coppins Bridge Newport IOW. Their son John B Barton Village 20. 9. 1846 was one of the children who survived, and sadly they lost a fair few. Also did they, perhaps, name the Hill at Snooks after this business, does anyone, maybe with a local knowledge of the area, know? A kind Lister may, even also, be good enough to confirm (if they have the full sub to Ancestry!!) and are able to look, whether there is any trace of John and his Wife from Milford on Sea Hants or their marriage or death or burial somewhere??? as this is a complete mystery so far. Probably because of looking in the wrong areas! which can be a common mistake to make in research. Cheers and thanking everyone who has been very kind to us both in our joint researches in the past. John _________________________________________________________________ Save time by using Hotmail to access your other email accounts. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/167688463/direct/01/