Simon as regard your elusive ancestor leaving for the colonies have you tried Findmypast. You can search the name free although it will cost you to look at the actual record. I am not sure when the shipping records start but I think it is sometime about 1896. Regards Jeanette ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon" <simon@simonknott.co.uk> To: <eng-cambridgeshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 4:39 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-CAMS] The elusive Henry PAGE > Hello Peter > > Thanks for that - yes, I'm keeping an eye on that one. It is, as you > say, the wrong age for Henry, and Page is a common enough Ely name, but > as yet I may still send for the death certificate. Whatever it turns out > to be, of course, it does not answer the question of what and where > Henry might be between 1891 and 1913, and so I think my next port of > call will probably be the birth certificates of the children born after > 1891, just to see if Henry is (or is claimed to be) the father. > > I am still wondering if there is some possibility staring me in the face > - were poor ag labs from Ely in the 1890s encouraged to head off to the > colonies, for example. > > Cheers > > Simon > > >> >