Thankyou. this looks like census work to me. My new found friend Davey watkins, in Australia mentioned Thomas virgo 1836 son of Thomas virgo 1805. This is the man i want to know more about. If this is definitely his family then i am really interested in all of them. It looks suspiciously as if they are all my branch of virgos. I figure there are two ways i would like to go now... a backwards in time if that is possible ... i don't know how to do thatb finding out about the location and their way of life. i am looking at local websites from glos to do that.

Thank you for your prompt reply.
Simon