Hi Linda Have you tried the new Atkinson-mailing List site. http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/UK/ATKINSON-UK.html Regards Toni ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Holland" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 1:45 PM Subject: Re: I'm here! > Dear Listers > > I haven't been posting to the Preston list for some time as the LANCS > list has been very helpful. However there does not appear to be anyone > there who can help me with my ATKINSON quest. > > Thanks to the kindness of a LANCSGEN lister I have a possible church in > Preston to look for my grandfather's sisters and brother who died as > infants when their babysitter overdosed them with laudanum. (They lived > at Lutwidge St in 1891). > > I'm hoping that someone has access to the records of St Joseph's RC > church, Skeffington Rd, Preston (held at GRO Preston?), and can look for > baptisms and deaths for: > > 2 baby girls, both named Ann > one baby boy named Francis: > Parents: George ATKINSON and Alice Sloan > Dates approximately 1890 to 1893. > > My grandfather was born in March 1894 and was the oldest surviving > child. I believe that these three children were born before him. > Other children born later were: > Bertha about 1895 (don't know date) > Frederick b.27.12.1898 > Ethel b.6.10.1903 > > I've been looking for these children, Ann, Ann & Francis, for some time > and hope that someone will be able to help me with this at last. > > (If you find my Aunty Bertha's birth that would be great too!) > > TIA > Linda Holland > in country Sth Australia > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >