Can anybody with access to the 1861 census for Whitby help me decipher the name of the town / parish where my g-g-grandfather was born? He was JOHN MASON (age 62) and is listed in Boghall, Ruswarp, Whitby, page 18, RG 9/3649 and living with daughter Ruth Jones and grandson John Jones. His county of birth is almost certainly shown as Durham but can anyone tell me the town / parish? Doug

Hi Doug, The EYFHS translation of 1861 census has it as CRICK. However it does look like CREAK. If there is no trace of either then I would certainly go for CROOK. I looked in the 1851 census for Yorks and there is no mention of John Mason (52). Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 10:50 PM Subject: [ERY] Handwriting Problem > Can anybody with access to the 1861 census for Whitby help me decipher the name of the town / parish where my g-g-grandfather was born? He was JOHN MASON (age 62) and is listed in Boghall, Ruswarp, Whitby, page 18, RG 9/3649 and living with daughter Ruth Jones and grandson John Jones. His county of birth is almost certainly shown as Durham but can anyone tell me the town / parish? > Doug > > > ==== ENG-EAST-YORKS Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list send the command "unsubscribe" to > [email protected] (if in mail mode) or > [email protected] (if in digest mode.) > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >