Laurie, I have checked my records and I think your John was the son of Thomas who was born Terrington in 1772 and was therefore was the brother of my 3x gt grandfather Leonard Kirby, They all left Terrington and moved to Carlton near Helmsley in the late 1700s early 1800s. Does this fit with the information that you have? Sheila -----Original Message----- From: eng-north-yorks-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-north-yorks-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Laurie Kirby (aka Laurie Keller) Sent: 19 December 2007 12:32 To: eng-north-yorks@rootsweb.com Subject: [ENG-NORTH-YORKS] Osgoodby near Kilburn The post by Laurel Sayer mentioned hamlets near Kilburn and included Osgoodby. My husband's Kirby ancestors farmed in Lower Osgoodby for three generations (John Kirby 1798 - 1882, Thomas Kirby 1820 - 1893 and Francis Peacock Kirby (1858 -?). The family moved there from Helmsley sometime between Thomas's birth in 1820 and the 1841 census, and they left after the death of Thomas in about 1895 to far in Huntington.) The house mentioned in the 1891 census is Witham House. (Other censuses just list Lower Osgoodby.) In a trip to Yorkshire last year we went in search of Lower Osgoodby but were unable to find it, or to find Witham House. Can anyone give me a map reference or other information for either the hamlet of Lower Osgoodby or Witham House or its associated farm? ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-NORTH-YORKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message