Hello Yorkins I'm back on list after an extended absence as I've been busy pursuing other non Yorkshire lines and publishing a couple of eBooks related to t'other'arfs family and also a military history book which has been several years in the making.(No Yorkshire connections there at all!) I've found several of these Rootsweb lists to be really helpful, not just the location ones like Yorksgen, but also ones related to ships and mariners for example, and the information gleaned makes our family stories all the more interesting... what a wonderful resource the internet has proved to be for family historians and much is due to the generosity of listers who willingly provide information, references and encouragement. In some recent research I came across the following newspaper report and thought it could relate to any woman anywhere in the world and gives us an idea of what some of our ancestors may have endured. Hampshire Chronicle, 13 August 1792, Page 3, Home News, Portsmouth The wife of William Martell, an industrious hardworking journeyman shoemaker in St Mary Street, was delivered of a girl on Sunday morning about 10 o'clock, on Tuesday morning at about the same hour of a boy and on Wednesday morning about half an hour before one of another boy. They are all fine lively children and the mother is as well as persons generally are in her situation. Enjoy your Yorksgen gathering ... one day I may get over to one but cattle class on the airlines is somewhat daunting for 24 hours!!! All the best Caroline