I happen to be subbed to the Cumberland, England mailing list through Rootsweb because of other family that I know came from that area in 1803. I often see messages relating to Richardsons on that list, although I haven't been able to link my Richardsons to Cumberland. The members of that list do a great deal of old newspaper transcriptions, etc., and the members are very helpful. My maiden name is Richardson. I have my line traced back to the mid-1700's but still haven't found a foreign-born ancestor. It might be worth looking at various English mailing lists. Sally Richardson Goehring