Hello again from Chicago. Is anyone researching these folks who lived on High Street in Melbourn village at time of 1881 census? (I have seen this name in this mailing list archives being searched by others, but none were from Melbourn.) Name %Relation%Age%Birthplace%Occupation Elizabeth DELLAR % Head % 83 % Foulmire Mill, % Owner Of House & Land Charles DELLAR % Lodger Son % 40 % Melbourn, % Millwright & Engineer Sarah Ann DELLAR % Wife % 41 % Melbourn, % Albert Chas. DELLAR % Son % 14 % Melbourn, % (Miller) Engineers Assistant Clara E. DELLAR % (Grand Daur) % 13 % Melbourn, % Scholar William J. DELLAR % Son % 7 % Melbourn, % Scholar Frank E. DELLAR % Son % 2 % Melbourn, % "Foulmire Mill" - really Fowlmere Was there a Mill in this village in early 1800s (the town websites do not say) or is this just a reference to something else. ------- In the US, a millwright handles the "rigging, unloading, hoisting, dismantling, skidding and cleaning, erecting, fabricating, installing, assembling, lining, and adjusting of all Machines .... used in the transmission of power in buildings, factories, or elsewhere ... be that power, steam, electric, natural gas, gasoline, water, air diesel, atomic, hydraulic, or any new power developed with the evolution of time, or this craft. ... Millwright also keeps the machines and equipment in efficient operating condition ...." * Would these be the duties that Charles or his son Albert Charles would have performed in 1881? (The reference to Albert Charles as a "Miller" confused me into wondering if they ran a water-powered grain mill, or if they worked on steam-driven equipment.) * Is the "Industrial Estate" that appears on the Melbourn web site map relatively new, or would it have existed in 1880 too? Ralph __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail