I am trying to find the birth of William Bott. William married 17.1.1871 as William Bott, aged 20, bachelor, Miner, in Pinxton parish church after Banns to Emily Knowles. On the marriage certificate his father is Thomas Whitehouse a brush maker. They had 11 living children In a newspaper cutting of his death in 1933 it states he was born in Walsall. The 1881 census says he was born Stafford county of Staffs, 1891 and 1871 both just say Staffs. William Bott died 24.12.1933 aged 83 He had a brother Charlie, and when William was about 7 his mother died and the 2 boys went to live in Mansfield (Notts) with relations. He was Primitive Methodist. I cannot find him on either the birth indexes, or on the 1861 census - as either Bott or Whitehouse. I wondered if anyone had come across him in their searches? Lesley lesley.bayston@lineone.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie Jennings" <debbiej_2001@yahoo.com> To: <BOTT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 2:35 PM Subject: [BOTT] Let's Post Some Queries > Let's have a ROLL CALL, beginning now(10-26) and > ending SUNDAY night( 10-29) at midnight. > PLEASE SEND THESE TO THE LIST, not to me personally!! > PLEASE include the names,dates and place for the > ancestor you are hunting IN THE SUBJECT LINE, and give > more information about your ancestors - including > dates and migration and spouses' surnames - in the > message part of your post, so that you can get maximum > benefit from this > roll call. > Please assist with any of the ROLL CALL posts that you > possibly can - if we > all focus together these next few days, we can > maximize our efforts for the > benefit of all of us. > > To make your query work harder for you... keep in mind > the old rules of > news reporting and include as many of the following as > possible: > > SUBJECT FIELD: To get the most from your query and > make your query > command attention, place the SURNAME, LOCATION, YEAR > in the subject > field. Remember ! ! ! ! Many subscribers belong to > multiple mailing lists; > therefore, many go through their mail looking at > subject fields... only > reading > those that have descriptive subject names. > Unfortunately, messages entitled > "Question", "Help", "IMPORTANT!", "My > Family", "My Line", > "My Grandfather", etc., are deleted without ever > being opened. > > WHO: State the names of people as completely as you > can. > > WHAT: Try to limit your query to one or two specific > questions or bits of > information. Post other queries with additional > questions rather than > load all your questions into one query. In this way, > each of your questions > will stand out and get attention. > > WHEN: Dates are important, if you don't know the day, > month and year > try to put in a period (1790s, late 1800s etc.) > > WHERE: Mention the location of events (birth, > marriage, death, etc.) in > the body of the query. Include their migration path if > you can. > > WHY: Why are you searching for this(these) > individual(s)? Describe your > connection to him/her. > > HOW: How your query appears will often get > subscriber's attention. Check > spelling, grammar and format. Apply the KISS system: > Keep It Simple Simple. > > REPETITION: Once you have an acceptable looking > query, save it and > update it as necessary. Use it again about once about > bi-weekly to touch base with new members. Also, you > may use it on web sites that accepts queries. > > REMEMBER: Your goal is to get information. A list > server (discussion group), > such as this, is an excellent forum for helping you > get that information. Make > your query work! > > By following these recommendations, your query stands > a better chance of > being read and you may make that great contact that > you need. > > > ===== > Debra Jennings > debbiej_2001@yahoo.com > "Following the footprints through time" > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. > http://im.yahoo.com/ > > > ==== BOTT Mailing List ==== > Please use the subject line effectively and don't recycle them > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/search > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > >