Hi Lynne, I just spotted I wrote pre 1973 at the beginning of my last message. This should, of course, have read pre 1873. Ian lynne robinson wrote: > Hi Ian and Mike. > > Thanks for confirming what we felt was likely, that the "Run" means > deserted and > for the info about how common it is. > > Thanks so much also for the very specific info about how to search these > records. Because I know so very little about this man, and haven't even > found a > marriage between him and the mother of my ggrandmother, this will likely be > necessary. He is named on my ggrandmother's birth certificate and as > her father > on her marriage certificate, but beyond that, and the children who appear in > the censuses with the surname "Little", we haven't definitively linked a > specific John Little to the family. > > Lynne > > Quoting Ian Thirlwell <[email protected]>: > > >> Hi Lynne, >> it's possible that there will be pre 1973 records,