This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: liddell, liddle, lidell, lidel, lydell, lindell, riddell, little, lydil, liddel, lidell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YQw.2ACEB/165.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi, Sean-- I'm afraid I have no records that can help you so close in time to the present. Nearly all my time when I'm in the files is devoted to the 1200s-1500s as my ancestors came to North America about that time. Team Liddell et al does have a number of members in Australia and New Zealand who have recent interests very similar to your own. I do have two suggestions for you, however. One of possibly immediate aid, the other a bit longer range. The first is that you visit the Lanarkshire Family History Society's website and post your data there. I don't have their address at my fingertips but Google will get it up easily enough for you. Work through them to see who may respond to your postings wiothin their system. I can't comment more here publicly other than to suggest that the Liddell surname has a responance in their offices. I add that they are an excellent organization and very helpful. Team Liddell et al greatly values our relationship with LFHS. The other suggestion is for you to become a member of Team Liddell et al, and perhaps even join our DNA/mtDNA Study. We have no dues, no assessments, sell nothing and give away everything we possess without copyright usages. Visit our DNA/mtDNA Study site at www.geocities.com/teamliddelldna for information on the team as well as the Study and write me at [email protected] if you have questions about anything I've set out here for you. All it takes to become a member of Team Liddell et al is to provide us with your proper name, your state/county/shire of residence (no cities or phone numbers please), whether or not you'd like to participant in the DNA/mtDNA Study but without obligating yourself, the size of your genealogy files (Avg., Large or Vast--we don't embarrass people by allowing them to admit to "none" or "small"--everyone with us is at least average) and your main genealogy interest area. The first and last you've already provided us. Membership in the Team will allow you to work with the Australian and New Zealander Liddells as well as becoming a part of our worldwide family and to enjoy the pleasures of our communal hearth. Looking forward to hearing from you again. James W. Liddell