Hi Barbara, Looking at the 1871 Census, your James Lovejoy was 34 and was therefore born 1836-1837, probably before General Registration began 1 Jul 1837. He states he was born in Watford, so you should look at the parish registers for Watford for his baptism, bearing in mind he could have been baptised at any time after his birth (eg not just an infant) Are you sure the name of the wife is Brockwell? The wife's sister, resident with them in 1871, could easily be Brookwell. Sandra ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 10:18 PM Subject: [HRT] (no subject) >I am trying to locate my G.Grandfathers birth, according to the census >returns he says he was born in Hertfordshire. I have searched the BDMs and >no trace, his name was James Alfred Lovejoy born somewhere around >1838-1840. Another thing is I can not find a marriage for him and his wife >Eliza Brockwell, this event would have happened somewhere around 1865 + >or - a few years. > > My hope is that someone might be visiting HALS and might have a quick look > at the parish records for a birth date. > Or can anyone give me any ideas how to move on. > > Barbara Spicer > > ----------------------------------------- > Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > _______________________________________ > No viruses found in this incoming message > Scanned by iolo AntiVirus 1.5.4.5 > http://www.iolo.com > _______________________________________ No viruses found in this outgoing message Scanned by iolo AntiVirus 1.5.4.5 http://www.iolo.com