Gould-diggers

The “Gould Diggers” are an informal group of researchers comprising Douglas Gould, Trevor Byrnes, Peter Bentley, Michael Hanson, and Tom Askey, with Glenda White and Sue de Groot (great-granddaughters of Nat Gould) who have shared their researches and archives on Nat Gould himself and also on the Gould family of Pilsbury Grange in Derbyshire from which he descended.

Grateful thanks are expressed to Andrew Millie for information on the Ruska family in Germany and Australia; James Marshall of Hounslow Library for providing extracts from the Middlesex Chronicle and his patience in answering questions; Lesley Hall of the Wellcome Foundation in London for information on the Homovet Company; John Simpson of the Community Library in Accrington for information on J.R. Swann; Caroline Cooper and Keith Laws for generously sharing their extensive researches into the Bennington family; Jean Durbin for detailed information on the Horobin family and their numerous relatives; and to Steve Askey for creating and setting up the website.