Hello Donna and other listers, I too was surprised at the extent of your knowledge regarding the RUDD family Donna as I had found that the picture was rather confusing when approached from the use of the Census data for 1851 and 1881 mainly due to the great duplication of given names in different branches of the family. What I NEED to do is get down to the Norfolk Records Office and do some methodical checking of Parish records where they exist. The IGI has not been very helpful as the only RUDD event that it throws up is my grandfather's (George (Edward) RUDD) marriage to Hannah Martha Bunkell. If I can obtain a copy of his birth certificate it will enable me to make a bit of progress! George (Edward) RUDD had nine children who survived infancy, 4 boys and 5 girls.The Eldest son was Sidney George Rudd and he had 2 male children by his first wife Dorothy Loveday.There were no children with his second wife. He was divorced and both of his boys took their stepfathers name (KEYS) when Dorothy remarried. Gerald Keys(RUDD) was still alive in the 1970s but I suspect that he may have subsequently died though I have no proof other than the disappearance of his name from the telephone book! The other son was killed in an accident at the garage that he ran with his brother and mother in Blofield, Norfolk. The next eldest son was Herbert Rudd but he had no children. Albert Rudd had two girls only and they both married American Airforcemen and emigrated to the USA in 1946. George Rudd the youngest son had one daughter who married and emigrated to Toronto where she currently lives (Jennifer Wright, nee Rudd). I have had no contact with her since she was about 9 years old( she will be in her 50's now I think). My mother was her godmother but she virtually cut herself off from the rest of her family for reasons unknown to me. Of George Rudd's daughters only Gwendoline Page,nee Rudd, and my mother Gertrude Kendall,nee Rudd, had any children and then only one each! This means that the RUDD surname line has ground to a halt in our branch because George was the only son and his male children have failed to produce and/or retain the name! You asked where I am Donna - I now live in North Yorkshire about 200 miles from Norfolk so a trip to the old home area near Norwich has to be a bit longer than a day-trip! Roger Kendall