Thank you for that Tony - gosh it would have taken ages to find looking at parish registers especially given that Joseph wasn't baptised for another 11 years after his birth! I will also follow the link you provided and see what else I can find. Regards Sharon Hello Sharon,   It looks like we have transcribed Josephs baptism on our site www.SheffieldIndexers.com   Swan, Joseph (of Morgan St, born 1847-10-18).      Baptised August 1, 1858, by Hy. Barlow at Christ Church, Pitsmoor.      Parents name(s) are Sarah & George (Father Dead).   Regards   Tony Morton Sheffield Indexers --- On Sun, 22/11/09, Sharon Jameson <sharon-j@bigpond.net.au> wrote: From: Sharon Jameson <sharon-j@bigpond.net.au> Subject: [SHEFF] SWANN family in Handworth To: eng-sheffield@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, 22 November, 2009, 9:16 Hi   I am new to the list and new to researching in England.   My interest is in the SWANN family who (according to census information) comes from Handsworth.   JOSEPH SWANN (1847 - 1930) married JANE BUTLER (1846 - ?) in Sheffield in 1872.   JOSEPH SWANN's father is given as GEORGE SWANN (born c 1826). According to the 1851 census for Brightside Burlow (hopefully I have this placename right), Sheffield he was married to SARAH (possibly TURNER) and living with SARAH HUTCHISON a widower aged 58.   I would be pleased to hear from anyone who has knowledge of this family or area.   Regards Sharon (In Australia) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-SHEFFIELD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message