Thank you bendywendy for all your help, you have certainly been an amazing help with our ancestry in UK. We often feel so far away in the land of Oz. You are one of those special people who make a difference in people's lives. These past 4 days have been a revelation in my family tree. I also know from the searches I have done based on your information that I have living relatives in UK, something I never imagined. While I search as a beginner your expertise is so appreciated. Cheers Lorraine

I also realise as a newcomer to RootsChat that I may have been better to start a new chat so that I was the original poster but the coincidence of names in the original of this forum was too hard to overlook and in fact turned out to be real.