Hi Listers I am currently researching the CRANE family who - 500 years after the Norman Conquest when they came to England were found mostly settled in Suffolk, with one group living at Crane Hall in Ipswich. Crane Hall - still standing - is listed as a late 16th century timber framed house which was encased in brick in the 19th century and can be seen in a very useful site at http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=428036 <http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=428036&mode=quick > &mode=quick It is believed that Crane family members lived at the Hall up to the time when some (or all) of them - fiercely Protestant - left England for America for a 'new life' in Massachusetts. This emigration is reputed to have been at the same time - if not with - John Winthrop (of Groton, Suffolk) went to New England and established new settlements - eventually becoming the first governor of that State. I am trying to discover what members of the Crane family lived at Crane Hall; when they departed for the New World; and whether they left anyone behind in doing so. Does anyone have any clues as to where this sort of information could be found please? Thanks John - Sunny Suffolk