Dudley itself was in Worcestershire until 1963, but I don't suppose that is of much help Dave Carr >----Original Message---- >From: [email protected] >Date: 22/04/2009 2:26 >To: <[email protected]> >Subj: [Black Country] re Tipton and Dudley which county? > >Hi, > I am trying to find a relation John James born 1836 Pembrokeshire, he was >a ship's carpenter, or canal boat builder. He was married to Sarah >In the 1901 census he and Sarah are at Tipton Staffordshire and they seem >to have been around Tipton for some time. I have been looking for his death >in the Free BDM but wonder no Tipton How would that show up in the Indexes. >Someone said that Tipton was in the Dudley area of Staffordshire. So in the >deaths would that come up as died Dudley Stafforshire? >I can't find him on the 1911 in Tipton anyway >Another problem is his dau Margaret Bishop nee James born Walsall 1870. I >can't find her on the 1911 census either. In the 1901 census she was living >with her son James 6 at Dudley Worcester. >James in 1911 is an Birkdale Reform School Liverpool but no sign of Margaret. >I have also been looking for a remarriage for her and failing that a death. >So would that show up in the indexes as Dudley Worcester? >Many thanks for any help and advice >Cheers Marilyn from Western Australia > > >------------------------------------- >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 ENG-BLACK- [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > Get 50% off Norton Security 2009 - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/security ________________________________________________________