In a message dated 25/05/2007 10:45:53 GMT Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I have a census entry for a Josh Glossop where I cannot find a corresponding birth record as either Josh or Joshua(h) and I'm left wondering if the name could actually be a shorthand version of Joseph. The name is written Jos and then a superscript h over a dash, you can see the actual image here :- Hi I think it is a very reasonable assumption but could it be that the enumerator wrote Josh or could he have written Jos. Make sure on the census as it could be a girl of a boy. Jos/Josy is used often for a girl. Regards JUDY ELKINGTON [W.R.Yorkshire, England] www.elkingtonfamily.com [email protected] www.one-name.org/profiles/elkington.html