Hi slowhands,

Thanks for taking the time to check this over for me, I greatly appreciate it.

It backs up everything I thought so far & more.

I also was unsure of William and Sarah Manning, although someone else has a public tree on a site saying it is Sarah Manning, with her father being Thomas Manning. I had difficulty in finding the maiden name from any records so didn't just presume!

They also had William Simmonds as William Simmonds' father, but I cannot see where or how they confirmed this information, I couldn't back that up from any records I've seen. That's one of the very reasons I have looked into everything myself and didn't want to use info from someone else's research!

The 1911 census data is new on me though, that's added another 2 step-siblings on Grandads tree. At last count that would make at least 15 definitely confirmed siblings and step-siblings! Absolutely fascinating. I wonder how on earth they managed?

Do you know if there are any official records available online regarding mining in the Forest? Seems Henry Aaron was from a long line of Colliers, and would love to find some further info on this also.

Again, thank you for your time.

Rachael