Hi Sandy Whilst Bristol may not be in Somerset, a great many people appear to think that it was (and is to some extent) Many records state Bristol Somerset as a birth place for example Whilst a few might be put down to ignorance there are so many that it was and probably still is thought that Bristol is in Somerset As an example, in the 1911 census (where the schedules were filled in my the householder and not transcribed) there are over 23,000 people giving Bristol Somerset as their birth place So for those of many years past such as your grandmother, without the internet to check such things its not surprising they thought that was the case Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 08/01/2014 18:51, Sandy Gianni wrote: > I've wondered if Bristol had been in Somerset. Thank you. This is the way > it was written in my grandmother's family Bible. We'll never know how it > was that she thought that, I guess. Grandma was the only daughter and her > mother was older when Grandma was born. > > Oh, the questions we would ask NOW that we didn't even know we had when we > were younger. Most of us are too busy learning to live life when we are > younger to even think of asking these questions. My grandmothers both died > within a couple of years of my own marriage. And our children are too busy > to really pay attention to what I am learning. The cycle of life... > > Sandy Sheldon Gianni