Hello, I was told quite a while ago while posting to another list (North Yorkshire) that I should write to the Archivist at the Machanics Institute in Otley for information. Last night while trying to find the correct address I discovered I wish to write to the Mechanics Institute but I'm obviously internet dyslexic because I can't find the address. Does anyone on this list think this would be a wise idea or have the address? I have a George Fryer baptised in Otley in 1808 with parents George and Mary Fryer. George Sr lists his occupation as banker and since there aren't too many occupations listed in the baptisms he must have been quite proud of this. Then I go to my husband's ancestor who was baptised William Henry Fryer at St. John the Baptist Hoxton (Hexton) Middlesex in 1840 but was born in 1818 City of London according to census records. His parent's are listed as George and Mary with George's occupation Banker's clerk. I also found a Margaret Fryer on the same film that was baptised in 1834 with the same parents. I'm trying to determine whether these Fryer's came from Otley. I have never found George and Mary Sr in census records but have found George jr and William. Couldn't find a marriage on the Otley film for George and Mary but it wasn't the best quality. Catherine Fryer