Been away from the list for a couple of years but have decided to return to my old brickwall. William Skitmer marries the widow Sarah Gillingwater in 1768 at St John Timberhill in Norwich . They have 2 known children: William and Elizabeth who dies as an infant. I have been unable to determine the birth of Wm snr or the burial of him and Sarah. The son settles in the Rockland St Peter's area c 1800 and fathers a number of children who are variously recorded as either Skitmore or Kitmore ( sometimes being baptised with one surname and buried under another!) After about 1840 the surname stabilises as Skitmore. Transcribers for FreeREG (myself included) have produced numerous instances of Kitmore and it's variations , mostly located in and around SW Norfolk up to about 1700. After that date they are few and far between so am still looking for a bridge between William's marriage in 1768 and what might be his forebears, variously spelled, in the late 1600s. Any assistance gratefully received. David Tennant