Hi Maeve I've had a look at the images and it seems to me that it's pretty consistently Elton Northants, even though Elton is actually in Hunts, and it seems to straddle the county boundary. Have you looked for John Culpin, shoemaker, in Elton? I've just had a look at the 1841 but couldn't see him, but there are other Culpins. I assume that you've been through Elton parish register with no result. Did you also look for John pre 1800? Or other baptisms with a father John? It appears as though Elton records have been extracted to the BVRI where there are numerous Culpins, but there is no trace of Charlotte, nor a marriage or baptism of John. However there seem to be burials in Elton on the NBI of children with no matching baptism on the BVRI (there's no other detail on the NBI but it might be worth checking the parish register to see if parents are named) Could the family have been non-conformist, so the children weren't baptised in the established church? Another possibility is that Charlotte was illegitimate and made up the name John for the sake of propriety. Sorry I can't help give you any postive leads Good luck David > Message du 30/07/05 10:51 > De : "ChrisMaeve" <chrismaeve@onetel.com> > A : ENG-HUNTINGDON-L@rootsweb.com > Copie à : > Objet : Charlotte CULPIN about 1818 > > Hello Listers I'm new here. I wonder if there is anyone out there who can > help me. > > For years and years I have been searching for the baptism of my > 2xgt.gt.grandmother Charlotte CULPIN. I have her marriage certificate of > 1839 at Coveney, Cambs.to Joseph HIAM. She was of full age and her fathers > name is listed as James and he was a shoemaker. From the Coveney census of > 1841 to '91 I take her date of birth to be about 1818. Her place of birth is > not at all clear, it varies slightly with each census! Always Northants > sometimes Easton or Eston or Elton or Elson...... Perhaps in fact she was > born over the border in Hunts? I've nearly given up. Charlotte died August > 1898 at Wentworth a village near Coveney aged 81. > > Best Wishes to all. Happy Hunting. > Maeve in Ewhurst near the Sussex border. > > >