This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wQB.2ACE/721.2 Message Board Post: I dont know if this is of any help to you, but I live in south cumbria in the furness area .cumbria used to be called cumberland, but this area I think went under Lancashire at that point.