Thanks Barbara - this is something I did a few hears ago when I first started my f.h., but I think it's worth double checking. Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: Barbara Terrace <barbara.terrace@lineone.net> To: <BIRKENHEAD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 7:34 PM Subject: Re: [BKHD] John Hawkins in Birkenhead, 1861 > Margaret, > I would have a look on the electoral role. > They have these at Birkenhead Library going back a long way. > I have found a few of "my family" on them. > I realise this is o.k if you live nearby and it only lists people who are of > Voting age. > I have found it to be an added extra in my research.. > regards. > Barbara Terrace, Northwich Cheshire. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "dougmag" <dougmag@netscapeonline.co.uk> > To: <BIRKENHEAD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 12:05 PM > Subject: [BKHD] John Hawkins in Birkenhead, 1861 > > > > Hope someone out there can help. On his marriage in 1864, John Hawkins, > railway guard age 26, gave his address as 62 Grange Lane, Birkenhead. I > have been trying, without success, to find 62 Grange Lane in the 1861 > Birkenhead census, hoping to find John Hawkins there living with his father > Robert Hawkins. I have used the street and surname indexes and have even > gone right through Birkenhead looking for 62 Grange Lane, but it appears to > be completely missing, together with several other nos. on either side of > it. I know from directories that the address existed and that Robert > Hawkins was living there from the late 1850's until he died in 1882. If > anyone has any bright ideas about finding 62 Grange Lane in the census, or > comes across John Hawkins in 1861 or even 1871, I'd love to hear. Many > thanks. Margaret. > > > > > > ==== BIRKENHEAD Mailing List ==== > > Search the archives of Birkenhead-L > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/ENG/BIRKENHEAD.html > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== BIRKENHEAD Mailing List ==== > Search the archives of Birkenhead-L > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/ENG/BIRKENHEAD.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >