I am researching James and Hannah Kempster and have hit a brick wall. At the time of the 1851 census, he was a widower living in Flaunden aged 58 born Flamstead. He died on 27 July 1859 aged 67. His wife Hannah was born in Herts according to the 1841 census and died in Flaunden on 1 July 1844 aged 46 years. I visited HALS last week from Birmingham and checked out the marriage of James Kempster and Hannah Darey in Sarratt on 22 July 1815. Unfortunately no helpful additional information. Looking at Allen's Marriage Index, it would pear to be the only Herts marriage of a James Kempster and a Hannah. We searched the Flamstead PRs for the baptism of James Kempster without success. So advice and suggestions as to where we should search next would be greatly appreciated as I am not familiar with the county. I did wonder about the following IGI entry: James son of James and Mary Kempster born 5 Jan 1792 bapt 2 Feb 1792 at Wormley. We ran out of time so was unable to check this out . Would this be a reasonable line of enquiry? Wendy Pepper Barnt Green, Birmingham