Hi. If you know that Joshua was definately born in Sheffield you could try the register office birth indexes for Sheffield. http://libplugins.sheffield.gov.uk/bmd/SearchMain.aspx These are being transcribed by S&DFHS and uploaded in batches...we have completed the births from 1837-1872 at the present time. What we did find in some of the earlier indexes was that the father's name had been entered in the index and not the child, that has now been corrected as far as the Sheffield Register Office indexes are concerned. But it will remain incorrect in the GRO indexes. Non registration is not unusual my grandfather born in 1860 is not registered but his two younger siblings and his two elder siblings are. Kind Regards Angela Treweek _________________________________________________________________ Get Hotmail on your mobile, text MSN to 63463! http://mobile.uk.msn.com/pc/mail.aspx