Dear List Many thanks to all of you have provided useful information last week on my request to search the Census records for Mead. Encouraged by this I wonder if you might be able to find two more sisters on the 1871 census (1851 is too early) 1. Edward SIRETT (or Syrett) 46 b Stratton Audley Oxf (farmer) Annie (or Anne or Ann) Sirett 38 b Hogston (alternatively Drayton Parslow) Bessie Sirett 8 b Steeple Claydon ?? Mary Ellen Sirett 10 b Claydon The most likely parish is Steeple Claydon 2. Mr ? HEDGES Mary Hedges 35 B Hogston (alternatively Drayton Parslow) ? Annie Belgrove Hedges 10 Unfortunately the first name of the husband is not known and it is possible that he was already a widower by 1871. Mary Hedges is known to have died by 1872. The most likely parishes are Hogston, Drayton Parslow, Stewkley Thanking you in anticipation Rachel