Hi all Getting back into it after the festive season, I have discovered lots of marriages, baptisms etc. courtesy of the new digital images on FMP for Montgomeryshire, which compliments earlier research from microfilms, and was wondering if anyone has any connections to a Clarke or Dudley family of Pool Quay area, in particular Tirymynech just south of Pool Quay station, which seems to be spelt in the registers as Tyrynynech. These families are connected through marriage to my Peate people of Llandrinio and Deythur. Very exciting this, hordes of images fit these families. Sorry LDS, looks as if I shan't be visiting your libraries much in the future! Emma Clark or Clarke, who married Elijah Peate in 1867 at Shrewsbury, Shropshire, is shown to be the niece of one John Dudley (John Davies Dudley) farrier of Tirymynech in the 1851 census and in the 1841 at the age of six is listed at the same house as a female servant. My, they taught them young in those days, eh? At the marriage of John Dudley & his beau Lettice Clarke in 1824 at Guilsfield there is a witness, Samuel Clarke, so I am working on the premise that this character may well have been Emma's father. Anyway, that may take a day or two. One of the other witnesses was a Pamphylia Green - fascinating first name, that! Sort of sounds like a disease. Naughty Graham. Anyway, just thought I'd post this to see if anyone was connected, or just interested. Happy New Year everyone, may all your brick walls turn to gold dust. Graham Melbourne Oz