Must be someone in Manchester ! My Watsons are from different parts of the country [London and South West plus Boer War and India] but if you have no replies, you might try: Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society Clayton House, 59 Piccadilly, Manchester M1 2AQ tel: 0161 236 9750 office@mlfhs.demon.co.uk www.mlfhs.demon.co.uk Denton Local History Society, 94, Edward St., Denton, Manchester M34 3BR Stretford Local History Society 30 Sandy Lane, Stretford, Manchester M32 9DA tel: 0161 283 9434 email mjdawson@cwcom.net (might be out of date) Urmston District Local Hist Soc., 26 Grangethorpe Road, Urmston, Manchester M41 9HT I took these out of my 6th. edition of 'The Family & Local History Handbook' which is a font of information and resources for genealogists researching in the U.K., published by The genealogical Services Directory: www.genealogical.co.uk I believe the 8th edition has now been copied, good hunting Chris Norfolk ----- Original Message ----- From: <Rrichvets@aol.com> To: <WATSON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 12:18 PM Subject: [WATSON] Manchester England > Any Watsons from the Manchester Area > >

Hi, Have my line back to Bucks (early 1700's). Perhaps we should compare notes and see if perhaps there may be a link somewhere. Have traced one line down through the generations but there are still lots of others that I have not explored. Chris, at least one of my branches was in your parts. Regards Stew WATSON King Country - New Zealand