Hi, I am new to this list and hoping someone might be able to help me out. I am looking for information about the parents, maiden name of mother, marriage information and more about the family from the birth record or other records from the family below: LEWIS JAMES b. 1850, father THOMAS JAMES, mother MARY. The BMD index has Quarter June, year 1850, District Dudley, Cty. Staffordshire Worcestershire, Vol 18, page 387. I couldn't locate him in the IGI. The 1851 Census: Thos. James, 36 Butcher, b. Hay, Breconshire, Mary, wife, age 26, b. Bristol, Lewis, son, b. 1850, 6mos, Tipton, Staff., address 284 Bloomfield, Tipton, St. Paul. The BMSGH also lists Register at Sandwell Ref TIP/29/267. The 1861 Census: THOMAS JAMES, head, age 45, Labourer, b. Brecon, Herefordshire, MARY, wife, age 35, Bristol, LEWIS JAMES, son, age 11, b. Handsworth, Staffordshire, SARAH JAMES, dau., age 7, b. Bloomfield, Staffordshire, LOUISA JAMES, dau., age 4, b. Handsworth, Staffordshire, SOFIA JAMES, dau., age 5mos., Handsworth, Staffordshire. SARAH, dau., b. 1854, address 33 Watt & Booth St., Handsworth, St. James. The 1871 Census: THOMAS JAMES, age 54, Night Watchman, b. Brecon, Landgrost, MARY, age 42, b. Bristol, LEWIS, age 21, Moulder, Handsworth, Staff., SOPHIA, age 10, scholar, b. Handsworth, Staff., CHARLOTTE, age 7, scholar, b. Handsworth, Staff., EMILY, age 6, scholar, b. Handsworth, Staff., ALICE, age 2, b. Handsworth, Staff., address 120 Chapel St., Handsworth, St. James. LEWIS JAMES married ALICE E. RENSHAW on July 23, 1871 at St. Mark's Church in Birmingham. He came to the United States prior to 1880, he was an Iron Moulder. His wife and 3 children came to the United States March 31, 1880 on board the Scythia steerage class. Thank you, Nancy USA