Hello Sally I am going to start a new thread for Thomas Henry LYMER so that people can see the name in the subject column. I don't know anything about the LYMER family but I have sent off your e mail to a relative who lived there a few decades ago. Hopefully she will know something. Failing that I will remember the name and forward anything that I think will be relevant. Have you tried Ancestry24? I subscribed yesterday and was truly amazed at what you can download ( if only I had more hours in my day). The only thing is I haven't worked out how to pay for the documents that are not free - BUT a lot of the documents are free. Heather tells me that you can start forums for people researching specific names. I haven't worked out how to do this yet. Good Luck Vivienne