Hi, All, I feel quite ignorant asking the ff. Sorry! Could someone please tell me where Hey is? My ancestor Thomas GARTSIDE married Mary KAY at St Peter's, Bolton in 1776 and their children were chr. at St Peter's, Bolton, Turton and Hey. I've also found her called Mally at the burial of their son James in 1792 at Turton. Would that be a misspelling or a dimunitive? Also, could SKS please tell me what the occupation "whitster" was? Many thanks, Carolyn. P.S. Sharon: I live in a country town of N.S.W. Australia with no LDS Church. That's why I can't order in films and ask so many (probably) stupid questions of all you kind Listers.

Try a search here (http://www.gazetteer.co.uk/), it will list places with "HEY" in the place name. Though as been written it is probably a common local name for small areas that will not appear in the gazetteer. If you have Ancestry then do a search on all censuses for people born in Hey, Lancashire. Most will be living near their places of birth so might show up a suitable location. Martin Briscoe Fort William M&LFHS | Gwynedd FHS -----Original Message----- From: eng-lan-bolton-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-lan-bolton-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Carolyn and Darryl Sent: 08 September 2006 06:09 To: ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] QUESTIONS. Hi, All, I feel quite ignorant asking the ff. Sorry! Could someone please tell me where Hey is?

Hi Carolyn, Often place names in Lancashire are repeated in several areas. So Hey could be anywhere - there is one the other side of Oldham which is a good distance away. Perhaps you could give details of what records are at Hey. Old Occupations are at this website: http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/index.html See http://www.geocities.com/edgarbook/names/other/nicknames.html for naming. Cheers, Sharon -----Original Message----- From: eng-lan-bolton-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-lan-bolton-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Carolyn and Darryl Sent: Friday, 8 September 2006 1:09 PM To: ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] QUESTIONS. Hi, All, I feel quite ignorant asking the ff. Sorry! Could someone please tell me where Hey is? My ancestor Thomas GARTSIDE married Mary KAY at St Peter's, Bolton in 1776 and their children were chr. at St Peter's, Bolton, Turton and Hey. I've also found her called Mally at the burial of their son James in 1792 at Turton. Would that be a misspelling or a dimunitive? Also, could SKS please tell me what the occupation "whitster" was? Many thanks, Carolyn. P.S. Sharon: I live in a country town of N.S.W. Australia with no LDS Church. That's why I can't order in films and ask so many (probably) stupid questions of all you kind Listers. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LAN-BOLTON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message