Hi Janet, Yes there is a surname index for the 1851 census for the Pickering area,we have a copy in Leeds Library I'll check it next week, I'll be in touch, Judith At 15:57 12/09/2003 -0400, you wrote: >Hi Judith > >Thank you so very much for your very kind offer of looking up this info for >me. I am doing research on the SHEPHERDSON name. This Christopher at the >moment does not connect with our family at the moment. However, in saying >that, we are finding connections of one family to the other and this could >be the case here. > >I don't know where this Christopher came from and any baptisms of a >Christopher SHEPHERDSON just don't seem to be him. I have no idea of how >old he was. Was he a bachelor or widower? Occupation? Does it name his >father and his occupation? Does it say what parish Christopher or his >father are from? > >Christopher married Mary DOBSON on October 16, 1804 in Thornton Dale. > >The only known children I know of are > >Dobson SHEPHERDSON, January 20, 1805 and >John SHEPHERDSON, November 30, 1806 > >I hate to burden you with anything else, but could you check also the >transcriptions or indexes to see if there are any further mentions of the >name SHEPHERDSON. > >Do you know if there is an 1851 census index of surnames for the area of >around Pickering? I have the East Yorkshire census index but it does not >have any info on Christopher or Mary. Wonder if they may be still alive and >living in Pickering. However, if your time is limited, don't worry about >that info. I really do appreciate any info that you can find. > >We leave on the 12th of October for our visit to Australia and New Zealand. >I mentioned to you before that we had to cancel our April trip because of >the Iraq war. Really looking forward to this trip. > >Thanks again. >Janet > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Judith Varley" <judith.varley@btinternet.com> >To: <ENG-NORTH-YORKS-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 2:14 AM >Subject: Re: [N'Yorks] Help with Research Required > > > > Hi Janet, > > I have booked to go to Northallerton on the 8th Oct and will gladly check > > the Registers for you, > > Judith > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >==== ENG-NORTH-YORKS Mailing List ==== >*** Tired of this LIST? Going on vacation, a business trip? *** >Send an email with one word, UNSUBSCRIBE, in the Subject and Message >area to: ENG-NORTH-YORKS-L-request@rootsweb.com. Digest? "L" into "D". > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237