Hello! I am new to the List. I am looking for information about my grandmother b. 13 June 1883 Ipswich (maybe Halesworth). I don't know much about her early family history. She was working as a manor servant when she met my grandfather, Herbert Cecil PORTER, during WWI. He was in England with the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He was born in Battersea in 1888 and had been sent to Canada as a BHC about 1902, and had family in Wallington, Surrey. They married in March of 1918 and returned to Canada in 1919. My mother arrived in the world the following November. The family joke was she was "made in England" but born in Canada. I can remember a few family stories but no names. Since my own 2 kids are grown up now I'd like to be able to tell them something about their ancestors. I have researched my father's Cornish background but never got around to my mother's family. I feel like my dog who's part English Springer and part Brittany Spaniel. I am a Marriage Commissioner (JP) for British Columbia and perform about 80 or more civil weddings each year. I married a woman of German Mennonite background and have 2 wonderful children. My daughter is off to Switzerland this month to look after a new cousin in Geneva while his mother goes back to work for the UN. My son is off to Finland next September to do his 3rd year of university on exchange. He wants to meet me in London over Christmas so that we can explore Britain together. That's about it. I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who might know of my grandmother's family or who is connected to it. Thanks. R.H. Bob Hocking, Chilliwack, BC, Canada, CFHS #12532, PNCS #95 Researching Hockin(g), Andrew, Sanders, Wherry in Cornwall Porter, Breach in Surrey Marshall in Suffolk _________________________________________________________________ Free yourself from those irritating pop-up ads with MSn Premium. Get 2months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines