Hiya folks I've been trying to find records of a Sarah (Ann) BUFF. I tried FreeBMD (which records her marriage in 3rd Q 1873 to John BAXTER) and I've looked for any BUFF births in the period march 1851- dec 1854. I found three BUFF births recorded in Peterborough - Christiana BUFF (Dec Q 1854), (smudged) Elizabeth BUFF (June Q 1851) and Charlotte BUFF (sept Q 1852). One quarters records was smudged so much that I couldn't tell if any female BUFFs had been born, and another looked like that section of the original had rotted or torn, as the edge had gone completely (along with any BUFFs that may have been on it). It seems like a law of genealogical research that your most vital record will be on the bit someone spilled ink on, eh? Anyway. I checked the 1881 census, just to see where the the BUFFs had gone - all bar Sarah had recorded their birthplace as Whaplode, Lincolnshire, or nearby. (hers was recorded as Lutton, Nth) Were parts of Peterborough district in Lincolnshire in the 1850s? I checked the parts of the 1851 Census that my local genealogical society had (precious little, alas) and found references to BUFFs living in Farcet and in the "minster precincts" (??), which I'm guessing is part of Peterborough itself? Most of the BUFFs I've found around Lutton and Huntingdonshire (from Huntingdonshire FHS 1851 census, 1871, 1891, index to 1881) have been lone BUFFs, probably traveled from place of birth to work. My GUESS is that the family that Sarah is part of are from Lincolnshire, but I'm not sure where the borders lay for the period 1850-1890. Genuki is a bit helpful, but it's very confusing =/ Zara