Hello all, Just joined this list and am hoping that sks's out there may also be searching for the illusive Spelzini family or have some further info on them that might help me get around my current brickwall. To date we know that John Spelzini was a barometer maker in Leather Lane, Holborn in 1840 and had 7 children (4 boys who all stayed in the same trade). He may also have had a brother called Joseph although I'm having trouble finding anything that links the two of them together. The 1846 trade directory shows that he was using 81 Leather Lane as a workshop but seems to disappear after that. (He was still making barometers until 1865 but not sure where from). As this area of London was used by several Italian barometer makers I'm hoping he may have shared a premises with somebody else. Any help you can give may help me go back to sleeping normally at nights and stop me dreaming about Italians!!! Debra