Carolyn, The online LDS Family History Library catalog shows they have information on a Hey in Lancashire. It appears to be associated with the village of Lees near Ashton-under-Lyne and Rochdale. Some of the data have been transcribed to the online IGI files in batch 01481-1. At 02:55 AM 9/8/2006, you wrote: >From: "Carolyn and Darryl" <dazwilson@bigpond.com> >Subject: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] QUESTIONS. >To: <ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L@rootsweb.com> > >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.