Hello again, Anne. I really cannot thank you enough for the amount of effort you've put into this to try to help me. I really do appreciate the work you've put into checking all these records. I'm at a bit of a loss to know what to do now, I have James back to the 1861 census, claiming to have been born in Halliwell / Bolton but not appearing in the 1851 or 1841 census, nor apparently having any record of his birth / baptism. I could understand one missing record, but not three. I guess I'll have to go off and have a BIG think about this! Cheers, Pete -----Original Message----- From: pneanne [mailto:pne.anne@ntlworld.com] Sent: 24 May 2006 17:28 To: ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] Catholics in Bolton 19th Century Hi Pete, I have now checked the baptisms for St. Peter's, Bolton, at the archives, for 1832 and 1833, but could not find a James Hulme. I have gone through hundreds of names from 1832 to 1837 inclusive, so there is a possibility I have missed him. I have also checked the baptisms at All Saints and St. George's, without success. The only Catholic Church in Bolton performing baptisms in the 1830's was St. Peter and St. Paul. I have checked the records from 1831 to 1837 inclusive and there were no Hulmes. The writing was hard to read, but I don't think I missed any. I checked the baptism record for James Hulme c. 31.1.1830, mother Anne, but the place was Great Bolton and not Halliwell. Kind regards,