Hi Les LancsBMD website has another two Joseph Eaves births within the period you are talking about:- Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1850 EAVES Joseph Poulton-le-Fylde Blackpool PLF/8/58 Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1851 EAVES Joseph Poulton-le-Fylde Blackpool PLF/8/91 and FreeBMD also has a couple more:- Joseph Eaves 1846 Apr-May-Jun Preston Lancashire Joseph Eves 1849 Jan-Feb-Mar Preston Lancashire It's possible (though not probable) that there's another Joseph born to a Luke & Nancy Eaves - are you sure the date on your certificate reads 1843 and not a badly written 1848? Did you get the certificate recently or is it an original? Also, if wife Nancy was born in 1801, she'd be rather old if she had Joseph in 1848. I can't see the family in 1851, but maybe someone else will have better luck. Best wishes Janet C >From: "Les" <18315251@imagine.ie> >Hi >Trying to find in the 1851 census Eaves\Eves family ,found in the 1841 >census in Preston,1861 in Thornton Poulton Fydle 1871,81 ,91 1901 >Liverpool >Luke Eaves head 1811 Nanny 1801or Nancy wife Jenny dau 1834,Richard son >Bricklayer 1836,Isabelle dau 1839 a gap of 10 years Joseph 1848 son >Bricklayer >I have a birth cert of Joseph Eaves 15Jan1843 Nancy Dewhurst mother living >at Avenham Lane Preston occupation porter,the Luke in the census is a >brick;layer lab. >All my information still points to being born in 1848,is it possible there >is another Joseph Eaves of Luke & Nanny >Les R _________________________________________________________________ The new Windows Live Toolbar helps you guard against viruses http://toolbar.live.com/?mkt=en-gb