Apologies for not replying sooner - I have spent the weekend trying to untangle my back garden (previous owners used the back corner of the garden as a rubbish tip, and seemingly when the tip got too tall they strapped it down with chicken wire, before loading it up again. I am now covered in scratches from brambles and rusted wire - fortunately tetanus is up to date!)
I have been building some trees, and having some joy that way - often with locations rather than surnames.
The vast majority of my matches are at 4th to 6th cousin level (as per Ancestry terminology) - I have one match at 3rd cousin level, but the rest are more distant. By the time one gets to 3 x gt or 4x gt grandparents, the scope for errors and non-paternal events are quite high.
But hey ho! It's all part of fun!! Thank you all for your comments and contributions.
