Hi Chris The search engine for the 1851 census CD is great - you don't even need as much info as surname and birthplace. Using the Analysis tab rather than the Simple Search tab you can search on a single field, and each field is pretty flexible eg could search for all the PAR* surname people, or all the Marys aged between 16-18 in Aylesbury, or all the Johns whose occupation includes lab or whatever you want. I'm sure you will be happy with your purchase, it's excellent value for money. There is no Susanna HOLT born Kent in the county. However there are several other Susannas born Kent, and a HOLT born in Kent although not living in Steeple Claydon, and there is someone born in Kent in Steeple Claydon although not a HOLT. So as far as your Kent connection goes, there isn't anything that springs out as immediately applicable from the info you've given. There are plenty of STEVENS, PARADINEs, and HAZELs in the parishes you mentioned, but I'll leave the fun of figuring it all out to you once your CD arrives! Regards Alex in Auckland NZ --- Chris and Odette <chrisandodette@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > > Hi again > I am about to order the 1851 census cd as I think I > am going to need it if I > am to map my families properly, however. > > Before it gets here may I ask a favor please? Is it > possible to search this > CD for a surname and birth place, without anything > else? > I understand that might give thousands of hits given > certain information, > but mine may not ever show one. > > I would like to know if there are any HOLT's from > Kent, specifically Dover, > living in and around Steeple Claydon. > Daniel and Mary would be brilliant, but anything > that shows may help me go > further. I don't know Kent at all so I can't give > you small villages around > Dover as an alternative. All I know is that Susanna > Holt came from Dover, > born 1810. > > Many thanks for any help. > > Once I get my 51 CD I will be looking at trying as > best I can to map > families in Steeple Claydon ( STEVENS / PARADINE) > and in Hillesden and > Preston Bissett (HAZEL). Using ancestry.com I'll > go through every census > trying to work out who ended up with who etc etc. > Not sure what I will do > with it all once I have it, but suggestions are > welcome.... > > All the best > > Chris Harper > Blackpool, Lancs Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com