Hi Pat, Certainly a puzzle ! I scratched my head and didn't come up with much. The only suggestion I can make is that you might look at the street directories in Bristol Reference Library (College Green) to see whether the family show up in Hotwell Road and, if so, when they disappear from there. At least that might narrow down the year that something happened to break up the family. If there are any workhouse records for that time, you could then check these. I know that a Creed register for Stapleton Workhouse survives, but it may be too early for your purposes. Good luck ! Mike Gould Leicestershire -----Original Message----- From: bristol_and_district-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bristol_and_district-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of pat bernie Sent: 16 April 2010 21:42 To: bristol_and_district@rootsweb.com Subject: [B&D] suggestions please for further research Dear Listers I have just spent the day at the Bristol records office and found NOTHING - despite having quite a lot of information to go on.  I have hit a brick wall.   If anyone would like to make suggestions for further clues, please read on. Information from Census.1901 @ 249 Hotwells Rd Bristol Although the following family should be Lambourne it has been wrongly transcribed as Lambert- it is definitely the right family. William Lambert 32 mar Baker bn Bath Som Sarah J Lambert 33 wife  bn Bradford Yorkshire william Lambert son 7 bn Bristol Frank Lambert son 5 born Bristol Mabel Lambert dau 3 bn Bristol (freebmd birth Dec 1/4 1898 Barton Regis 6a 126) Later that year son George Bertie was born (freebmd Sept 1901 Bristol 6a 55) Birth Cert confirms that he was born at 249 Hotwells Rd -father William but mother Lily Lightholder. - another anomaly! I have searched the parish records which include Hotwells Rd & the ones surrounding, i.e St Andrews Clifton, Holy Trinity Hotwell, St Andrew the lesser, no luck. I cannot find the baptisms of William, Frank Mabel or George Bertie.   Ten years later - 1911 census back to the name Lambourne. Frank is a cabinet maker boarding at Pennywell Road Bristol Mabel and George (age 12 & 9) are 'inmates' at a school in Keynsham.  I have subsequently discovered that they are at the Crescent homes Downend- a refuge for orphan & destitute children cared for by the Bristol Poor Law Union Board of Guardians. I cannot find the deaths of parents ( William and Sarah/Lily) either on Freebmd or Ancestry.  The parish records are not available - destroyed in the Blitz.   I thought of the possibility of one parent still alive and having to go into the workhouse whilst the children were looked after in the home.  Again some records destroyed in the Blitz.   No joy in electoral registers either!     Any suggestions gratefully received ----and thank you to anyone who has read this far.   Best wishes Pat ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message