I understand all Rootsweb mailing lists will close in March 2020 and email addresses will be removed for archived posts so I'm reposting the list of surnames I'm researching - STYLES, COLLYER, MEADOWS and COLLEN - in Thrandeston, Rickinghall Inferior and Walsham Le Willows in Suffolk and also in Sydney, Australia as follows - Thomas STYLES (1714-1780) m. Judith COLLYER (1714-1781) in 1734 in Roudham, Norfolk; resided in Thrandeston. Samuel MEADOWS (1719-1799) m. Judith STYLES (1738-aft.1800) in 1762 in Diss, Norfolk; resided in Rickinghall Inferior. Sarah MEADOWS (1766-1856) m. Thomas COLLEN (1768-1835) in 1789 in Rickinghall Inderior, Suffolk; resided in Walsham Le Willows. Both myself and my uncle have a 5th-8th cousin DNA match to a descendant of the above Sarah MEADOWS and Thomas COLLEN. My 2 x great grandfather was William George MEADOWS, a mariner, born in Suffolk about 1840, son of William MEADOWS and Eliza DIXON. He arrived in Australia around 1862 and married Mary Ann DONOVAN in May 1863 in Sydeny, Australia. His parent's names and his occupation were listed on his marriage certificate. I haven't been able to find William or his parents in the 1841, 1851 and 1861 Census in Suffolk, or a marriage for his parents or their deaths. My father thought there was a name change after arrival in Australia from OLD MEADOWS to MEADOWS however I can't find anything to confirm that. I would love to hear from anyone researching the same and can be contacted via the email address below which I've changed so it doesn't look like an email address and hopefully wont be stripped out of this message. Jen Meadows in Sydney AU jenny AT toptensoftware DOT com