hi elaine and list i have found my john travis and were he came from. on the 1871 census he is still at treeton but he is put under the name john traves and 54 instead of 64 thats why i could not find him and it says he came from consbro so i now know where he came from.thanks to all who tried to help regards carol slater from sheffield Elaine Pickard <trayford@rogers.com> wrote: -------Original Message------- From: Elaine Pickard Date: 04/03/05 23:08:16 To: ENG-SHEFFIELD-L@rootsweb.com; carol slater Subject: Re: [SHEFF] place name help Hi Carol, A good place to start when you are unsure of a place name in Yorkshire is the following Genuki page...... http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/Misc/Where/index.html John Travis 1871...... Is living with his father in law in Brightside Bierlow......... Catherine St ... RG 10/4691. Hope that helps. Kindest regards. Elaine in Ottawa. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release Date: 4/1/2005 ==== ENG-SHEFFIELD Mailing List ==== It helps others to know which message your replying to, so always add a little of the text from the message to which you are responding. Some subscribers (myself included) have short memories. ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com