Hi listers Here's a tip if you are looking for Oldbury town/Rounds Green on the all new, all singing, all dancing 1841census on Ancestry. It's hiding at Shropshire-Halesowen- Districts 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A. Where it gives you the option Halesowen or Oldbury - choose Oldbury and this seems to give you Langley/Tatbank etc. Hope this saves folks the precious time that I've just wasted! All the best Patsy

Patsy: Yes, most of the historic parish of Halesowen, including Oldbury town, was in Shropshire in 1841. However there were several islands within Halesowen parish that were part of Worcestershire, although most of these contained few or no inhabitants. One of the more significant of them was the hamlet of Warley Wigorn (short for Wigorniensis, meaning "of Worcester" in Latin) which was a separate place from Warley Salop. The situation was all tidied up in 1844 when it all became Worcestershire, and Oldbury was created as a separate free-standing parish. Best wishes Paul Prescott Oldbury born and bred, now living in Scotland. ----- Original Message ----- From: "ROGER" <roger@rhmiddleton.fsnet.co.uk> To: <ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 11:06 AM Subject: [B.C.] Oldbury-1841census > Hi listers > > Here's a tip if you are looking for Oldbury town/Rounds Green on the all > new, all singing, all dancing 1841census on Ancestry. > It's hiding at Shropshire-Halesowen- Districts 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A. > Where it gives you the option Halesowen or Oldbury - choose Oldbury and > this seems to give you Langley/Tatbank etc. > > Hope this saves folks the precious time that I've just wasted! > > All the best > Patsy > > > ==== ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY Mailing List ==== > The Assistant List Admins are Jean Morgan and Jan Ross > (Couldn't do it without those two great ladies) > >