Hi Steve I take it that you don't know the names of the parents of John Horsley (gggf). If that is the case, then this entry transcribed from the GRO will not help you, at least immediately. Taken from the freebmd website, there are these entries for John Horsley around 1847/48. September Quarter 1847 John Horsley Bridlington district Vol 23 page 28 John Horsley Scarbro' District Vol 24 Page 517 (this is likely the one you mention as found in the census) John Ford Horsely Driffield District Vol 23 Page 44 March Quarter 1848 John Horsley Driffield District Vol 23 Page 34. Driffield District covers Beeford, so out of this list the last one seems more likely to be yours, unless of course your John had the middle name 'Ford'. As mentioned, these entries are taken from the freebmd site and this site does not have a complete list of the GRO records. These (GRO records) are available in local libraries of larger towns & cities. If you do know John's parents names, then you could write to the local registry office to purchase the certificate stating the names of his parents in order to verify it is the correct birth cert. They will return your cheque if the details do not match. The local registrar's office would not need the volume and page details. Hope this helps. Rgds Yvonne. BTW - In case you haven't got it yet, the marriage between John Horsley and Sarah Bogg took place in the December Quarter Scarbro' District Vol 9d Page 693. Again you could apply for this via the local registrar's office. The information states these records are held at the Record Office below. You could email or phone to check. The marriage cert will give you fathers' names of the couple. The Register Office, Bilton House, 31 Park Parade, Harrogate, HG1 5AG. Tel: 01423 506949. Fax: 01423 502105. E-mail: _registrars.harrogate@northyorks.gov.uk_ (mailto:registrars.harrogate@northyorks.gov.uk) In case you don't know, the website address of the freebmd is http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ In a message dated 03/06/2008 05:40:41 GMT Standard Time, prkirby@bigpond.net.au writes: skwalker@ntlworld.com wrote: > This is my first post to this list, so hello everyone. I'm looking for help in identifying the right line of my gggf John Horsley who was born in the Driffield area in 1848. He was born in 1848, married Sarah Bogg, was a railway signalman according to both the 1881 and 1901 censuses, and their children were (at least) Thomas, Annie and Charles (my ggf born 1881). According to both the above census returns, he was born in Beeford near Driffield, but I can't find a definite match for his birth or his parents. > > The search is complicated by the fact that there's another John also born 1848 in Scarborough, and by the fact that the nearest I can find to a John born in Beeford is one born c. 1848 in Kirkburn Grange (in the 1871 census he's living with his parents John & Elizabeth at the same place), but that's on the other side of Driffield and while they're not poles apart they're several miles and I'm not confident it's the right John. Of course, he might have believed he was born in Beeford and was actually born in Kirkburn, or his parents might have put KB instead of Beeford for some other reason, but at the moment I'm stumped! > > I'm hoping someone on here might share the same family and can point me in the right direction! > > Thanks in advance for any help! > > Cheers, > > Steve >