Brian - > >My 1st time of asking I am researching the surname FARTHING > > in particular Thomas whose birth and burial places I cannot find > >Thomas married to Mary HOOPER of Mere (W) in1807 @ Wincanton (S) May I suggest you contact Viv Fitch, a member of the Guild of One-Name Studies www.one-name.org , who's carrying out a one-name study on FARTHING. Her details are on the Guild register on the website. -- Wendy Archer Marlow,Bucks, UK Oxfordshire representative - Guild of One-Name Studies