Dear Listers, I am trying to sort out my Yorkshire ancestors and would appreciate a bit of help please. The tree so far:- The 1851 census gives my gg grandfather as William REED b c 1806 Whitby and wife Elizabeth (nee BUNTING from son's birth cert) b c 1811 Sheffield. Pallot's Marriage Registry gives William REED married Elizabeth BUNTING 1828 Rotherham and IGI gives date as 3 Mar 1828. IGI also gives me:- William READ b 8 August 1807 christened 31 Aug 1807 Silver Street Independant Whitby and also gives William READ's parents as Robert READ and Hannah. I also found a marriage on IGI for Robert REED = Hannah HICKMAN 18 May 1800 Whitby. Looking for other REED's I came across:- John REED b 20 Oct 1804 and christened 31 Aug 1807 also at Silver Street Independant Whitby. This is where I need your help please, a general search of IGI for only surname REED but with father Robert REED and mother Hannah gives 40 hits, some are children of Robert and Ann but the others for Robert & Hannah are listed below. Am I looking at several separate families here or could they be related in some way:- Mary READ christened (c) 17 Jul 1785 Scarborough Bts? John REED b 8 Mar 1801 c 12 Apr 1801 Whitby, (brother of John and William above?) Hannah REID c 5 May 1811 Cliff Lane Presbyterian Whitby, Hannah REED c 27 July 1812 Whitby Mary REID c 24 April 1814 Cliff Lane Presbyterian Whitby, Vincent REED c 18 April 1819 Wibsey (could this be Whitby?), Sarah REED c 22 Dec 1822 Wibsey Robert REED c 25 DEC 1824 Wibsey, Thomas READ c 16 Sep 1827 Bradford Elizabeth READ c 5 Dec 1830 Bradford, Ann READ c 6 Feb 1839 Kirkby Moorside and Robinson REED c 13 May 1851 Kirkby Moorside. Thanks in anticipation. Regards and Season's Greetings Alan Guildford REED/READ London/Northants/Yorkshire ALBUREY/ALBURY in Hampshire GREGORY in London PAYNE in Norfolk