G'day This is one of the wills I had success with from the GLS R O site http://www.gloscc.gov.uk/pubserv/gcc/corpserv/archives/genealogy.htm (please note I have included the site this time!) The will of my husbands 5xgt-grandfather Samuel PURNELL of Stroud. His will states that he leaves all his personal effects to his son Daniel PURNELL. He directs that his 2 dwelling houses on Strouds Hill in the parish of Stroud, currently in the occupation of himself and his tenant John KING be sold after his death by his executors William AYERS of Stroud, plasterer, and James HOLDER of Stroud, cordwainer, and the receipts paid to his son Daniel. After 3 pages of closely written legalese he signed with a cross on 5 Dec 1843. The will was apparently drawn up by P H FISHER of Stroud, and witnessed by him and by his clerk Chas HUMPHREYS. On 27 Feb 1847 William AYRES of Stroud, plasterer and tiler appeared. He was the surviving executor. Samuel PURNELL had died 11 Jul 1844 leaving goods, chattels and credits under the value of £20. Probate was granted. On the 1841 census Samuel PURNELL was living on the northern side of SUMMER ST Stroud. His wife Ann was nee KING and it is likely his tenant John KING (whom I would assume lived next door) was a relative. On our visit to GLS in the glorious summer of 1995, we took photos of a couple of double-storey attached cottages (we would call them terraces in Oz) which looked old enough to have been there in 1841. Is there anyone familiar enough with Summer St to know if this could be the case? Regards Kaye Kaye Purnell <kayepur@ozemail.com.au> Ancestors from GLS who came to Oz? Database kept on GLS arrivals to AUS pre 1888. Entries happily accepted; searches done. Visit my site at <http://www.ozemail.com.au/~kayepur>. Snail mail to 15 Balla Machree Way, Gymea Bay NSW 2227 AUS, including SSAE or 1 IRC.