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. I have probably spent more time (for less reward) on the 16th than on the other 15 put together, although since the publication of the 1911 census I have made better progress.  Elizabeth Branney was born in Killough, Co Down, Ireland, in the 1840s and came to England in the 1850s or 1860s.  (Prior to the 1911 census the best she could do was 'Ireland', and at her marriage in 1868 her place of residence was 'Batley, and Co Down, Ireland' - and I thought I had a long commute!)  The people on the Co Down list have been very kind and I'm finally making some progress; it looks like the family came over to Barrow in Furness, presumably for the shipbuilding industry as their home area was close to the Harland and Wolff shipyard and their adopted town was the home of Vickers.  Elizabeth returned to Barrow after she was widowed, and my father remembers his own father (Elizabeth's son) referring to going 'home' to Barrow for visits. I've also noticed the time gaps.  When I was a small child I regarded all my grandparents as'old', but actually my father's parents (born 1890) were about the same age as my mother's maternal grandparents (born 1886 and 1889).   My best example of social mobility is my MORRITT family (father's mother's mother's ancestors).  We seem to have everything from High Court judges and best friends of Walter Scott to ag labs and alleged murderers.  I was intrigued by my BROUGH ancestors (maternal grandmother's father's side) who originated in Lastingham in North Yorkshire and moved down to Gildersome in the first half of the 1800s.  They were weavers and I'm guessing that they moved from home working to employment in the mills - the census information seems to suggest this. Kim --- On Thu, 7/6/12, roy.stockdill@btinternet.com <roy.stockdill@btinternet.com> wrote: From: roy.stockdill@btinternet.com <roy.stockdill@btinternet.com> Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] What constitutes a Yorkshireman or woman? To: yorksgen@rootsweb.com Date: Thursday, 7 June, 2012, 18:07 From:               Self <roy.stockdill@btinternet.com> 9 of my great-great-grandparents were born in Yorkshire, 2 in Wiltshire, 1 in Gloucestershire, 1 in Somerset, two in Northumberland and 1 in Edinburgh. What I also find interesting is the very considerable difference in time gaps between them. Another thing that intrigues me is social mobility and movement.