Hi Hugh Thank you for the information on Vernon Wildgoose and the School in Netherthorpe. I have seen the census information etc and have just ordered the birth cert of Gerald Wildgoose - fingers crossed. Kindest regards Dave Netherthorpe School is close to Well Meadow Street. The address in 1901 was Bethel Street, though it is now listed as Netherthorpe Street (the same building though, I believe). Searching the Sheffield Archives catalogue at http://www.a2a.org.uk I found this... Sheffield Education Department, School Records Catalogue Ref. CA 749, CA 767-769 Creator(s): Sheffield Education Department [from Scope and Content] Netherthorpe School, attendance registers; sample paperwork re: Nursery Voucher Scheme [CA 767]; .... No dates listed and other school records under the same headings were very recent. Some schools keep hold of their records. You could always ask the school if they have theirs. You can search for their contact details here: http://eduplugins.sheffield.gov.uk/schools/ Could this be Vernon's birth: GRO Births MAR Qtr 1891 Wildgoose Gerald Ecclesall B. 9c 364 ...and could he be the imaginatively recorded 'Jerrala' Wildgoose 'g.dau' aged 1 month in the 1891 census, in the same household as Melland Wildgoose?