r.harvie.home@ns.sympatico.ca posted: > > > I too am an in-law; our James Emmanuel Croft > was reportedly born in Mark Meadows, married > in Ecum Secum and spent most of his life in > Shubenacadie. > Don Shankle in his Downeast BMDs has: CROFT,James Manuel,B,1859-03-12,1859-03-12,TALP,Leonard & Lucy CROFT,James Edmund,B,1852-05-02,1852-08-20,ZLL,Leonard & Susanna,,Edmund Zwicker & Eliz Kraft CROFT,William Donaldson,B,1850-12-15,1851-07-11,ZLL,Leonard & Lucy,,John Kraft & wife In the 1881 Census CD we find: Census Place: Bridgewater, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada FHL Film 1375806 NAC C-13170 Dist 11 SubDist I Div 1 Page 25 Family 124 Sex Marr Age Origin Birthplace Leonard CROFT F M 53 German Nova Scotia Occ: Farmer And Shingle Maker Religion: Lutheran Lucyann CROFT F M 40 German Nova Scotia Religion: Lutheran John CROFT M 24 German Nova Scotia Occ: Farm Labour Religion: Lutheran Withfield CROFT M 19 German Nova Scotia Occ: Farm Labourer Religion: Lutheran Edmon CROFT M 26 German Nova Scotia Occ: Farm Labourer Religion: Lutheran Margary CROFT F 16 German Nova Scotia Religion: Lutheran Ida May CROFT F 14 German Nova Scotia Religion: Lutheran Mary CROFT F 10 German Nova Scotia Religion: Lutheran Anna CROFT F 9 German Nova Scotia Religion: Lutheran Lavenia CROFT F 18 German Nova Scotia Religion: Lutheran Lucinda CROFT F 12 German Nova Scotia So the family apparently moved from Queens to Lunenburg County or for some reason had their early children baptized in Trinity Anglican Church in Liverpool. The TALP records may say if Jame (Em)manuel was born or baptized in Beach Meadows. There is no Mark Meadows in the 1953 NS Atlas index. do a search on the Canadian Place Search at: http://GeoNames.NRCan.gc.ca/english/Home.html bob gillis