From: Kim Groothuis <kimsfamilyhistory@yahoo.co.uk> > Thanks for starting this thread, Roy, lots of food for thought. > > I have 15 out of 16 great-great-grandparents born and lived in > Yorkshire. They converged in Dewsbury, although on my paternal > grandmother's side they originated in the Selby area and on > my maternal great-grandfather's side they came from Dalton and > Kirkheaton, now part of Huddersfield.> That is pretty good, Kim! I have only ever come across one person with all 16 great-great-grandparents born in Yorkshire and that was a well-known cartoonist called Mike Atkinson who does cartoons for national newspapers and greetings cards. I did him as a celebrity family tree for the former Practical Family History magazine in 2006 and discovered that all his gt-gt-grandparents came from one very small area within a circle no more than about 15 miles in diameter, centred on Sherburn in Elmet and taking in Tadcaster, Pontefract and Selby. -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE

3. Atkinson - Definitely a settled family! _______________________ 2. On Behalf Of roy.stockdill@btinternet.com Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2012 1:16 AM That is pretty good, Kim! I have only ever come across one person with all 16 great-great-grandparents born in Yorkshire and that was a well-known cartoonist called Mike Atkinson who does cartoons for national newspapers and greetings cards. I did him as a celebrity family tree for the former Practical Family History magazine in 2006 and discovered that all his gt-gt-grandparents came from one very small area within a circle no more than about 15 miles in diameter, centred on Sherburn in Elmet and taking in Tadcaster, Pontefract and Selby. -----Original Message----- 1. From: Kim Groothuis <kimsfamilyhistory@yahoo.co.uk> > Thanks for starting this thread, Roy, lots of food for thought. > > I have 15 out of 16 great-great-grandparents born and lived in > Yorkshire. They converged in Dewsbury, although on my paternal > grandmother's side they originated in the Selby area and on > my maternal great-grandfather's side they came from Dalton and > Kirkheaton, now part of Huddersfield.>