Several people from the list have been very helpful as regards my Ross-on-Wye HAWKERs, and Gordon Evans was able to provide the 1861 census info I was looking for on the list a few weeks back. It didn't actually turn up Frederick and Maria Hawker in the place where they'd been living a couple of years previously, rather showing their two daughters living with Maria's mother, but I was most grateful to have this information. Before planning to do a trawl through more of the 1861 at some point in the future, it might be wise to start by checking to see that F & M hadn't died since the conception/birth of their younger daughter. Therefore I'd be extremely grateful if someone were able to check the period *1857 to 1st half 1861* for deaths in the Ross Reg. Dist. for Frederick (b. c. 1833) and Maria (b. c. 1835). I've already checked all online resources that I know of. (If they don't turn up, where can I get a Sherlock Holmes hat? I'll be needing one!) Best wishes, Rebecca Davies _______________________________________ Dr Rebecca J. Davies Seminar für Englische Philologie Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg Rempartstr. 15 D-79085 Freiburg im Breisgau