Bedford has Tavistock *Street*, not road! It is commercial now, rather than mainly residential. Joan. David wrote: > A lot of information was given in your earlier thread earlier this month. It was also suggested that Tavistock Rd, Bedford was actually in London, around Bedford Square, an idea that I found persuasive. As all of the other facts place him in London, I have grave doubts that he was ever in Bedford > > Hitchin is a separate town, in Hertfordshire, 20 miles from the town of Bedford > > David > > --- En date de : Lun 22.2.10, Sharon Mathieson <sharon.mathieson@gmail.com> a écrit : > > >> De: Sharon Mathieson <sharon.mathieson@gmail.com> >> Objet: Re: [BDF] James WEST >> À: bedford@rootsweb.com >> Date: Lundi 22 février 2010, 12h30 >> Hi Peter, >> according to the census records I have James was born in >> Cerkenwell, >> Middlesex and Ann Margaret was born in St Lukes, Middlesex. >> The same >> information is in the 1861 and the 1851 census. >> >> On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 6:06 PM, Peter Booth <pbo08596@bigpond.net.au>wrote: >> >> >>> Sharon, >>> >>> The first thing you need to do is look at >>> >> the census records and extract >> >>> dates and birthplaces for James West and Ann Margaret >>> >> Pickford. >> >>> Then you should be able to go to >>> >> www.familysearch.org and search using >> >>> that data. >>> >>> If he was born in Bedfordshire, there is >>> >> a good chance of finding >> >>> earlier generations as most of the Parish Records have >>> >> been captured. >> >>> But with such a common name, it will be >>> >> essential to get almost exact >> >>> birth year and location. Make sure you compare a >>> >> couple of censuses. >> >>> Check any BDM certificates that you may >>> >> have for evidence of age, birth >> >>> details or parents. >>> >>> If you can access 1841 census, there is a >>> >> good chance that both will >> >>> still be living with parents. >>> >>> Peter in Sydney >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> The List Guidelines >>> >>> http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ >>> >>> The Bedfordshire Surnames List >>> >>> http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html<http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/%7Ehughw/bedf.html> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> BEDFORD-request@rootsweb.com >>> >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >> >> >> >> The List Guidelines >> >> http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ >> >> The Bedfordshire Surnames List >> >> http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEDFORD-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the >> subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > > > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ > > The Bedfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEDFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >