Hi All, After a two year jaunt into other parts of the country I have headed back this way. I seem to have followed in the footsteps of my ancestors, who travelled the length and breadth of our fine country with the development of the railways, though I, unlike them have not yet reached my goal! For two years now I have trawled census, birth records, marriages, deaths in the hunt for William and Henry Howlett. They have taken me on what appears to have been a wild goose chase into Norfolk where I remained for a long time as another Howlett family almost matches mine - the Howletts of Watton..........BUT........nothing concrete. William Howlett was born about 1834, give or take a couple of years - his age varies slightly between marriage record and all census details (but then I like to forget my age at times!). William was born to a Henry Howlett somewhere in Buckinghamshire - on all census the place is named as Little ? (just my luck that I cannot read the second word!), I believe the place starts with a 'W'. My first question to you all is - what could the place name be? I have a copy of the name on the census should anyone like to take a look............ Finally, for now, the names that appear so far in my research are: Howlett, Sandall, Huggins, Bowditch, Cole Any advice or help will be gratefully received Emma

>ing concrete. >Nmessage lurking in space until tofay - owing to spate of sheer junk created by nasty little space nerds. >William Howlett was born about 1834, give or take a couple of years - his age >varies slightly between marriage record and all census details (but then I like >to forget my age at times!). >William was born to a Henry Howlett somewhere in Buckinghamshire Howlett tends to occur in the central west areas, like Haddenham abd long Crendon - but Henry isn't a regular name. >- on all census >the place is named as Little ? (just my luck that I cannot read the second >word!), I believe the place starts with a 'W'. > The 'Littles' in Bucks are (off the top of my head) Little Brickhill, Brill, Hampden, Horwood, Ickford, Kimble, Kingshill, Linford, Missenden, Marlow, Pollicott, Woolstone and a raft of farms called Little worth > and a W looks quite a bit like an H or an M in different writings. In really odd writing, it could look like K. -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society