> > I'm hoping very much that someone will be willing and able to discover these people in 1851. > If you have an LDS family history centre near you, they'll be able to get the census films for you and you can have the fun of searching yourself. It'll be a bit of a slog as the 1851 isn't generally indexed (apart from the famous 2% sample) but all sorts of useful info can be gained from looking at the neighbours (I found the next generation back on one line because they were living next door to the folk I was looking for!). Have fun, Lesley Robertson

Thanks, Lesley. I will take your advice, but I'm hoping that someone will be able to find them in the 1851 census index. I've been looking all over the place for these people for so long that it would be wonderful to KNOW that they're to be found in a particular census before I actually order the film. By the way, I forgot to say, in my earlier e-mail, that the name, ROOKS often turns up as ROOK. Also, I believe that any ROOK or ROOKS found will be related to William ROOKS. I know that he had a cousin, also named William, who may have been in the same area. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lesley Robertson" <l.a.robertson@stm.tudelft.nl> To: <BORDER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2000 1:04 AM Subject: Re: Looking for ROOKS, MURRAY and STEWART > > > > I'm hoping very much that someone will be willing and able to discover > these people in 1851. > > > If you have an LDS family history centre near you, they'll be able to get > the census films for you and you can have the fun of searching yourself. > It'll be a bit of a slog as the 1851 isn't generally indexed (apart from the > famous 2% sample) but all sorts of useful info can be gained from looking at > the neighbours (I found the next generation back on one line because they > were living next door to the folk I was looking for!). > Have fun, > Lesley Robertson > > > > ==== BORDER Mailing List ==== > The Border Names Newsletter contact boglelodge@yahoo.com for details. >