No, I am not related to HYAM. Have you researched ALL these folks in UK 1881 or 1901 census? Have you tried FreeBMD to locate approximate parishes were born or married? http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl You can click on the links on the results page and get additional information. Surname First name(s) District Vol Page Births Jun 1887 Hyam Stanley William Lexden 4a 555 -- Births Mar 1898 HYAM Stanley Victor Milton 2a 917 "The district Milton is in the county of Kent ..." "Milton Created 1st July 1837. Sub-district : Milton. GRO volumes : V (1837-51); 2a (1852-1930). Bapchild, Bobbing, Borden, Bredgar, Hartlip, Iwade, Kingsdown, Lower Halstow, Milsted, Milton, Murston, Newington, Rainham, Rodmersham, Sittingbourne, Tonge, Tunstall, Upchurch. Registers now in Canterbury with Swale district." -- Births Mar 1906 Hyam Stanley Rugby 6d 607 --- No Stanley HYAM marriages transcribed in FreeBMD range of years, or the surname was spelled differently (HIAM, ....?) and so not found from those indexes already transcribed (not all transcribed yet). Surname First name(s) District Vol Page Marriages Dec 1858 HYAM Sarah Ann Colchester 4a 489 Marriages Sep 1885 HYAM George Harding Thirsk 9d 555 Marriages Sep 1889 Hyam Elizabeth Prestwich 8d 547 "The district Prestwich is in the county of Lancashire ..." "Prestwich Created 1st October 1874 (out of Manchester district). Abolished 1st January 1925 (incorporated into Manchester North district). Sub-districts : Blackley; Cheetham; Failsworth; Newton; Newton Heath; Prestwich. GRO volumes : 8d (1874-1924). Beswick, Blackley, Bradford, Cheetham, Clayton (1895-1924), Crumpsall, Failsworth, Great Heaton, Harpurhey, Little Heaton, Moston, Newton, Prestwich. Registers now divided between Manchester, Oldham, Bury and Bolton districts" You needed to specify what approximate years born, if known, .... I hope that you are lucky and someone is actually search the same. (Someone replied to my first posting, but not to the original family surname I was searching but rather related to the bride's mother. The next two families received no reply, but maybe a new lister in the future will discover the info - after my email changes probably.) ------- For Kent, "Sheppey Created 1st July 1837. Sub-districts : Eastchurch; Minster. GRO volumes : V (1837-51); 2a (1852-1930). Eastchurch, Elmley, Harty, Leysdown, Minster in Sheppey, Queenborough, Sheerness, Warden. Registers now in Canterbury with Swale district." The Stanley Victor HYAM above was also born in another Kent district whose registers are also in Canterbury with Swale, so the district name may have changed (or split). --- In Cambridgeshire, Wisbech Created 1st July 1837. Mainly in Cambridgeshire, but included parts of Norfolk. Sub-districts : Leverington; Terrington St. Clement; Upwell; Walpole St. Peter; Walsoken; Wisbech (St. Peter). GRO volumes : XIV (1837-51), 3b (1852-1930). Elm, Leverington, Newton, Outwell, Parson Drove, Tydd St. Giles, Upwell, Wisbech. Registers now divided between Fenland and King's Lynn districts. --- Marriages for Violet* Hall are: Surname First name(s) District Vol Page Marriages Jun 1878 HALL Violet Newcastle T. 10b 127 Marriages Mar 1880 HALL Violet Bradford, Y. 9b 135 Marriages Jun 1886 Hall Violet Bradford, Y. 9b 116 Marriages Sep 1889 Hall Violetta Marylebone 1a 1050 HALL Violetta Marylebone 1a 1060 Marriages Jun 1890 Hall Violetta Wakefield 9c 126 HALL Violette Wakefield 9c 126 Marriages Sep 1893 Hall Violet Amos Newcastle T. 10b 259 Marriages Dec 1893 Hall Violetta Blofield 4b 513 Marriages Jun 1894 Hall Violet Lilian Andover 2c 379 Marriages Jun 1898 Hall Violetta Holbeck 9b 575 Marriages Dec 1899 Hall Violet Elizabeth Hackney 1b 830 Marriages Dec 1900 Hall Violet Annie Thanet 2a 2068 Marriages Mar 1902 Hall Violet Eliza Strood 2a 919 Marriages Sep 1902 Hall Violet Evelyn Romford 4a 786 Hall Violet Maud Dorking 2a 345 Marriages Dec 1902 Hall Violet Ethel Aston 6d 758 Marriages Jun 1903 HALL Violet Elizabeth W Solihull 6d 1157 Marriages Sep 1903 Hall Violet Jane Middlesbro' 9d 1101 Marriages Dec 1903 Hall Violet Annie Mansfield 7b 141 Marriages Mar 1907 HALL Violet Denham Wirral 8a 667 Marriages Jun 1907 HALL Violet Florence Shoreditch 1c 173 Marriages Sep 1907 HALL Violet Rose M Woolwich 1d 2500 Marriages Dec 1907 HALL Violet Mabel Chelsea 1a 841 HALL Violet Ruby Thetford 4b 1065 Marriages Jun 1908 HALL Violet N. Bierley 9b 369 Marriages Sep 1908 HALL Violet Lanchester 10a 549 HALL Violet Ethel Plympton 5b 405 Marriages Dec 1908 HALL Violet Faversham 2a 1994 HALL Violet Mable Croydon 2a 591 Marriages Mar 1909 HALL Violet Evelyn Cardiff 11a 508 Marriages Jun 1909 HALL Violet Blount W. Ham 4a 606 Marriages Sep 1909 HALL Violet Elizabeth Cardiff 11a 646 Marriages Mar 1910 HALL Violet Gateshead 10a 1245 HALL Violet Oldham 8d 884 HALL Violet Eva Sculcoates 9d 27_ -- Looks like your eldest boy Geroge V is not transcribed, or transcribe under a misspelled name? Surname First name(s) District Vol Page Births Jun 1847 Hyam George Harding Monmouth 26 104 Births Jun 1848 Hyam George Lexden 12 144 Births Mar 1868 Hyam George Chapple Kingston 2a 262 Births Jun 1871 Hyam George Warwick 6d 511 Births Dec 1871 HYAM George William Sculcoates 9d 146 Births Mar 1874 Hyam George Harding Monmouth 11a 43 Births Jun 1875 Hyam George Frederick Highworth 5a 34 Births Mar 1876 HYAM George Charles St. Olave 1d 331 Births Dec 1878 Hyam George Arthur W. Derby 8b 247 Births Sep 1886 Hyam George Neville Hendon 3a 158 Births Mar 1891 Hyam George Walter W. Ham 4a 184 Hyam George Walter Witham 4a 184 Births Mar 1892 Hyam George Frederick St Saviour Southwark 1d 104 Hyam George Henry Stroud 6a 330 Births Jun 1892 Hyam George Charles St. Olave 1d 284 Births Sep 1893 Hyam George John St.Saviour 1d 9 Births Mar 1899 Hyam George Harry F Maldon 4a 665 Births Jun 1899 Hyam George Samuel Marylebone 1a 535 Births Sep 1899 Hyam George William A Hackney 1b 522 Births Sep 1901 HYAM George Albert Chertsey 2a 51 Births Mar 1903 Hyam George Frederick Greenwich 1d 1055 Births Mar 1909 HYAM George Rugby 6d 605 Surname First name(s) Mother District Vol Page Births Sep 1911 Hyam George F Mead Southwark 1d 132 And no Stanley Hiam either located. Well your time is up (over 60 minutes of fiddling), and I have other emails to read and other things to do. Sorry. I hope some other lister had helped you more (I have not read the other Digests yet before answering you). Ralph of Chicago > Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 21:28:22 +1000 > From: "Elaine Jefferson" <jeffersoneb@patash.com.au> > To: ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: New person needing help please > > Hi to all. I am currently trying to put together a > family of HYAM who seemed to have been living in > Wisbech for many years. > Family is as follows.. > Stanley V HYAM married Violet P HALL Sheppey, Kent > Moved to Wisbech and had 7 known children > 1.. Gordon V > 2.. Raymond B > 3..Bessie E > 4..Neville J > 5..Maurice S > 6..Rose M > 7.. Barry W > > If by chance any ofthe above names are familiar to > you I would very much like to get in contact re > family history etc > > Many thanks Elaine Jefferson > jeffersoneb@patash.com.au > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail