Hi S Presumably it was in the birthplace column as you don't normally get a county name in the occupation column, so is probably meant to be Whitchurch (there is one of those in HEF). David in Hertford, England ----- Original Message ----- From: "Slowhands" <slowhands@onetel.com> To: <ENG-GLOS-FOREST-DEAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 10:42 PM Subject: [FoD] Witchcraft in the Forest Whilst scanning 1851 West Dean I spotted this entry :- >>>>> HEATH Richard 24 Coal Miner West Dean Esther 22 Herefordshire Witch Esther 1 West Dean >>>>>> Anyone know if the "Witch" might be an occupation, shorthand for Whitchurch, or a judgement of character expressed by an enumerator at the end of Census night ??? I'm sure a list member knows better ....... Regards S PS this is not a Halloween wind up, the entry really is there ! All e'mail scanned by McAfee virusscan ==== ENG-GLOS-FOREST-DEAN Mailing List ==== list owner can be contacted on kinetahill@hotmail.com please state mailing list in subject. thank you ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237