Thank you Denny for the info. I found the mention of one OXTOBY in Newark District in 1861 interesting. Barkston Lincs strangely enough is in the Newark Notts district. I will check it out and see if something shows up. Thanks again Violet Sent from my iPad On 2012-03-03, at 7:20 PM, Denny Lowe <heldenlowe@sympatico.ca> wrote: > > Violet Hecnar wrote: > >> Years ago, when I first started my research, I found a family picture which had written on the back "Mother's cousin OXTOBY" "Mother" was my great grandmother Elizabeth Mary Wright born in Barkson Lincs in 1861. > > > Violet, > > Having a quick look at some of the LFHS' Surname Indexes, I note that the name (in rather limited quantities) does turn up in the Thorne, Glanford Brigg and Newark Registration Districts. > > In the 1861 Census, there is a single surname indexed in the Glanford Brigg Reg. Dist.; five surnames in the Thorne Reg. Dist.; and one in the Newark Reg. Dist. > > So yes, the name does exist ... the question is, how will it be indexed on the Internet's genealogical sites. > > Best of luck, > > Denny Lowe (Perth Ontario)