hi. dorsyb, welcome. the bucks are a old romany family. and lived/live all over britain. in fact i was staying on a gypsy camp with a buck, a couple of years back, so they are still travelling. there are lots around skipton, gargrave, and north yorks. nice family. as to where they came from. as steve g says, by the way he is a good saurce for info. they came to this country in mid 1600s mainly from france, as they were hanging new born babies just for the romany breeding in them it was a capital crime, to be a gypsy in france. many came as refugees, as did many other people, for ethnic, religion, and many other types of persecution. but give romany history a look, it can be interesting? romany people came from the east thru europe, then england. the name gypsy came from where they camped, it was called little egypt, hence gypsy, lots stayed in epping forrest areas, and all over the south of england, including many around london. but to get back to your question about the bucks it can be hard to trace travellers back as they often did not register in a parish, so did not leave much in the way of records. by the way you had to register in a parish to work there at that time. i have traced my family back to around 1600, burslem staffs. but that was only because they sold/made earthenware, pottery. so often were in the same area. try looking at all the areas around the info you have. and look at other family names, as gypsy folk tend to use the womans family name at times. hope this is of help to you, good luck. rob g
