Hello Sandra Have you looked through the Parish records for Christ Church in Oldbury - they are held at Smethwick Archives. These records have never been transcribed for the IGI Records - so can't be seen on-line. There are a few included in the IGI for this church, but these have been submitted by members of the church. Maggie ======================================== Message Received: Apr 02 2009, 11:27 AM From: "sandra harper" To: "rootsweb" Cc: Subject: [Black Country] Family Tree Hi everyone. I am totally stumped. I am trying to trace Benjamin Birch born around 1815/20 Oldbury. Have seen his marriage cert 1835 to Hannah Onions witness Phebe Birch(sister I think). 1841 census lists him with his wife + children John 2, Julia 6months, he is 20 + Hannah 25, he says he was born in the county. By 1851 he was dead,killed in a coal mining accident (have seen death cert). 1851 census lists his wife + children and a lodger William Birch 27-possibly Bens brother as he had just died. I cannot find any trace of him before his marriage. Can anyone help? Thanks Sandra Harper. ------------------------------------- The only List that specifically covers the whole of the Black Country. Run by Black Country folk who were born and still live in the area. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message http://thesaltfamily.tribalpages.com/ www.familytrails.net Researching : SALT, BARKLAM/BARTLAM, LOWE, JONES, RILEY, DEAN, SAUNDERS, BURBRIDGE, BURNS, BROWN, FOSTER, HUMPHRIES, STACKHOUSE, SCANLON, SHIRLEY, WEAVER, BENNETT