I think that Rose H is the enumerator's abbreviation for Rose Hannah which sounds like Rosanna. Have you looked for a marriage/death or later Census entry for Hannah? Another possibility that you don't appear to have looked into, is emigration. Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and USA were the most common (and probably the most likely) destinations. Its difficult to know where to start with emigration. Ive also run into this problem when trying to trace people forward. Of the online resources, the 1880 US census doesn't give the place of birth (only the country), but you may get lucky if you find a Rose/Rosa of the right age married to someone with an unusual surname that is also from Hereford/Worcester. Australia doesn't keep Census records after the statistical data has been extracted, BUT, the indexes to BMD in most states will list the parents names, if known. I think that NSW and Tasmania are the only states with an online searchable database. I hope this helps Sandra -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of COLIN LLOYD Sent: Friday, 15 September 2006 10:27 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [HEF] Fw: The search for Rose .H. Subject: The search for Rose .H. Hello folks, Can someone who likes solving mysteries see if they can help to solve the following? Rosanna ( as spelt on birth cert ) LLOYD was born to parents William and Jane in Lower Sapey near Bromyard in April 1857. In 1861, the family ( less father William for some reason - I have still to find him ) is living at Highfield, Lower Sapey, but Rosanna is now clearly called Rose. H. LLOYD aged 3. In 1871, the family ( now including father William, but not mother Jane who died in 1870 ) is living at Worcester Road Kidderminster. On this occasion she is called Rosa LLOYD aged 13. I cannot find anyone on the 1881 census who might be Rosanna after trying as many variations of Rosanna and LLOYD as I can think of. William remarried , but there is no mention of Rosanna in later censuses. There are some marriages in FreeBMD that are vaguely possible, but coming from a long line of skinflints, I don't want to send for a certificate until I'm sure. The other possibliity is that she has died, but there is no evidence at all that this is the case. I was hoping that Rose H. Berry, born Bromyard may have been her, but we now know that her maiden name was Bridgwater, although it is interesting that she too was christened Rosanna and was later called Rose .H. Does any lister have a flash of inspiration that could lead me either to Rosanna's marriage or entry in the 1881 census? I guess she may have emigrated, but it seems unlikely. Colin Lloyd ---- ENG-HEREFORD Mailing List ---- A genealogy and local history list covering the County of Hereford ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message