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 > > > > >