Well done, Jan!
I really liked Annie's comment that your family had waited all this time for someone to take an interest. I had a similar experience recently in an Oxfordshire village called Duns Tew.
I was looking for my PREEDY family. I knew they had been in Oxfordshire during the 18th and 19th century, but had no reason to think there was a link with Duns Tew - I had just come across a nice church and, in typical genealogist fashion, decided to explore the churchyard. There were hundreds of gravestones, most of them barely readable. However, I was drawn to a line of stones leading towards the main door of the church and, when I looked really closely, I felt sure that some of them had the word PREEDY on them, so I took some digital photographs. My husband thought I was mad, as he couldn't identify any words on them at all.
However, when we went into the church he was in for a surprise. Hanging on the wall was an old, but very useful, plan of the churchyard and, guess what, the exact gravestones that I had photographed were confirmed as PREEDY stones!!
I have yet to link those PREEDYs to my line, but I'm sure there must be a connection ... otherwise, why else would they have called me over?!!
Good luck with your research!
Chris.
