In a message dated 21/07/2007 13:42:26 GMT Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: I wonder if anyone could help me I have a WILLIAM WESTGARTH D.O.B. ABT 1826 born in NORTHUMBERLAND on the 1841 census he is at home with his parents who are WILLIAM and JANE. I cannot find any record of him on the 1851 census he then appears on the 1861 census with his wife ELIZABETH and all the children he is also on the 1871 census but I am still trying to make sense of that one. Could anyone please help me to locate him on the the 1851 census and also make sense out of the 1871 census This request would be a lot more appealing if you could give us some idea of where he lived in the various censuses in which you have already found him! In particular, where was he in 1841 and in 1861? Also, when you mention "all" the children - how many was "all"? What was his occupation? If he was a coal miner or a farm labourer then he was one of a group of workers who moved around quite a lot so he may have strayed almost anywhere in the NE (or in the coalfield). However, if he had some other, more settled, occupation, then we might expect to find him somewhere close to his 1841 or his 1861 address. It would also help to know where he married. Have you looked at the GRO indexes (free on Ancestry.co.uk and on FreeBMD) to find that? Even if you haven't bought the certificate, just the name of the registration district would be a clue, although his "address" as reported on the certificate would be better - the location of the wedding might also be a big clue. Were any of his children born close to 1851? If so then their birth certificate would tell us where he was living then. Geoff Nicholson Geoff Nicholson