Hi Doreen Sorry, but I don't see what an 1871 look-up in Hereford would tell you about this family that you haven't already got from the 1881 Birmingham, other than that everyone would be 10 years younger. You know from the 1881 that Elizabeth had an older brother George, born Hereford 1863/4, and two younger brothers - Henry, born Hereford 1869/70 and William, born Birmingham 1871/2. This tells you that the family was living in Hereford between 1863 and 1870 but moved to Birmingham some time between March 1870 and March 1872. The 1871 Hereford Census isn't indexed, so it would be quite a slog trawling through it looking for your EVANS family. And this would of course be pointless if they'd already gone to Birmingham by Census day 1871. Regards Gordon Evans Herefordshire ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doreen and Bill" <dorebi@rogers.com> To: <ENG-HEREFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 10:15 PM Subject: [HEF] Elizabeth Marie Evans > Hi Everyone, > I am so excited, to day I received my Grandmothers Birth certificate, and found out that she was born in Widemarsh Holmor ,Hereford ? in July 1867 her Father being Henry Evans, shoemaker and Mother Emma.I found such a family on the 1881 census, living in Birmingham ,Where she met Grandfather Alfred Booth and got married in 1885 I would really appreciate if some kind person would check the 1871 census for this family in Hereford, so that hopefully it would tie in with this Birmingham family, > Thanking you in advance, > Keeping my fingers crossed > Doreen P. > Brampton Ont.