BILL ATKINSON is researching his family tree and looking for descendants of his great-grandfather's sister.

His great-grandfather was John Atkinson, who was born in 1846, in Byers Green, in County Durham. His sister was Mary Ann, born July 8, 1849 in Etherley.

She married Joseph Caygill, who was born in 1848, in Shildon, at the parish church of Thornley. They had a son George Robert Caygill, born in 1880.

George married Agnes Anne Roachford (born 1884 in Eldon). They had eight children.

They included Wilfred (born 1903; married Ivy Dimmick in 1936 in Stockton); Doris Evelyn (born 1906; married Alfred Watson in 1931 in Darlington); Arthur (born 1908); Ivy May (born 1910; married Reginald Heavyside in 1931 in Darlington); George (born 1913), William (born 1916) and George (born 1917).

Mr Atkinson would particularly like to hear from descendants Maurice Heavyside (born 1932), Derek Heavyside (born 1934), Peter R Heavyside (born 1936), Arthur Watson (born 1931), Eileen Watson (born 1932), Margaret L Caygill (born 1936), Irene Caygill (born 1939), and John W F Caygill (born 1937), all from the Stockton area.

John Caygill married Barbara Eden, who had a daughter Lisa together in 1964.

Contact Mr Atkinson at billakinson2003@yahoo.co.uk or 01388-746042.