Hi Nic, I've just got back from holiday and was surprised to see that no one has responded to your enquiry, which is most unusual. I live in Birstall and have accessed both records in the past. June Benn's notes have been the subject of previous enquiries, but I don't recall any previous enquiry regarding MS774. I accessed that reference from the YAS archive catalogue, which presumably is now on-line. I have made notes from both records and these are available for all on my on-line database. I'm not sure who the James is that you are referring to, but I do have a James born about 1710, the son of Paul Barraclough who left a Will. Details of that James and of Paul's Will are also on my database. I also have a list of Wills on my web-site and some pedigrees, dating back to the 16th century. If you could be more specific I might be able to help you further. Jeff Sutcliffe http://www.btinternet.com/~jeff.sutcliffe Researching Ambler, Baker, Barraclough, Bates, Booth, Broadbent, Brook, Brown, Chadwick, Collins, Coning, Crowther, Fearnley, Hanson, Hardcastle, Hartas, Harwood, Holmes, Metcalf, Nowell, Oliver, Pennington, Pollard, Radcliffe, Roebuck, Routh, Smith, Sugden, Sutcliffe, Tordoff, Ventress, Walker, Whitaker, Whiteley, Wilkinson, Wilson All of the Yorkshire Area. -----Original Message----- From: Nic [mailto:n.atkinson@optusnet.com.au] Sent: 06 July 2005 14:25 To: BARRACLOUGH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Bradford Records Hi All, The West Yorkshire Archive Service lists a record as: Barraclough family of West Yorkshire, notes and documents regarding family history. Compiled by June Benn (c.1700-1991) Created: 1991 Ref - 8D92 I enquired from here (Australia) about accessing them, but just received directions back into the index, so I guess that means I can't access them electronically and need to visit the office? Has anyone else accessed this record?...Or is anyone in the area willing and/or able to check them out? I am hoping it may shed some light on James parents...or potentially link some of our early 1700 forefathers or identify their relationships. There is also another record held by the Yorkshire Archaeological Society that may be worth a look that was created by Henry Lawrance (1873-1947) a Yorkshire historian. It is ID'd as: Barraclough family and others, genealogical notes by CB Norcliffe. Ref - MS774 Is anyone handy to these record offices, who might be able to make relevant info available for us all? Hope you are all doing well. Nic P.S. - If I don't answer straight away it is because I only have weekly messages and can't work out how to change that...lol