Keith,
I have transfered your thread to the Research forum as you may get a better response there.
Also have you checked our Names Database.
Click on the word Gedcom on the blue navigation bar, and enter the name Trotman in the last name box.
This will bring up a list of our members who have the name Trotman in their trees. I see Uncle John has some Trotmans from Sunderland so it might be worth contacting him. If you click on his name on the right hand side of the page you can send him a personal message via the site.
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