Hi Kathryn: It is Essington Village. When I was a kid I used to go to New Invention in the summer and Essington was just up the way along Essington Rd. As for the birthdate I thought Mar 30, 1853 and so did another lister. But 1855 works as well. Need to get to the actual parish records...fat chance as I live in Nova Scotia <LOL>. Thanks for the assist. Cheers Paul

The date of registration is clearer and says 1855, but if you look closely you can see the top part of the five, looked like a three to me at first also. I am also across the pond, in New York... Village makes sense... Kathryne Natale momnat@aol.com -----Original Message----- From: Paul Smith <mowbray@dal.ca> To: eng-black-country <eng-black-country@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sun, Jan 22, 2012 1:12 pm Subject: Re: [Black Country] Looking for help on reading certificate Hi Kathryn: It is Essington Village. When I was a kid I used to go to New Invention in the summer and Essington was just up the way along Essington Rd. As for the birthdate I thought Mar 30, 1853 and so did another lister. But 1855 works as well. Need to get to the actual parish records...fat chance as I live in Nova Scotia <LOL>. Thanks for the assist. Cheers Paul ------------------------------------- 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. ****************************** ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. ------------------------------- ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message