In a message dated 5/24/08 1:15:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time, patricia@waring274.wanadoo.co.uk writes: Several of the census give different places of birth including Furness, Herefordshire. From my understanding there is no such place as Furness. Unless someone can suggest something different Hi Patricia. Did you ever check in Shropshire? I believe (I may be wrong) that at one time the border was farther north and some births were registered in Herefordshire but were in actually Shropshire. That would make a lot of sense since there are a lot of Waring's in Shropshire. Renee **************Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4&?NCID=aolfod00030000000002)