Hi, I have just found out that my PHILLIPS family came from Shropshire and I am looking for a place that I cannot quite read on the 1841 Census return. It reads something like ... Shropshire, BER-TLE. I have been unable to find such a place on modern day maps of Shrops. Does anyone have any ideas as to where this might be? My PHILLIPS family were Musicians the progenator of our family being GEORGE PHILLIPS b. about 1801 in Ber-tle? who settled in Liverpool and his son, another GEORGE PHILLIPS (b.1845) settled in Soho, London. Any suggestions gladly received. Rose Epsom Downs/UK
Hello Rose I don't understand how you have found a place of birth on the 1841 census when the only information it normally gives is Y or N to indicate whether the person was born in the county they were living in. Is it one of the other censuses that you have found them in? In either case please provide the page reference for the census so that others can look at it. For 1851 it should be something like HO.107/???? folio ?? (that's the number stamped in the top right hand corner) page ?? (the number actually printed on the page) Mike ______________________________________________________ Maytree4@aol.com wrote: > Hi, > > I have just found out that my PHILLIPS family came from Shropshire and I am > looking for a place that I cannot quite read on the 1841 Census return. It > reads something like ... Shropshire, BER-TLE. I have been unable to find such > a place on modern day maps of Shrops. Does anyone have any ideas as to > where this might be? My PHILLIPS family were Musicians the progenator of our > family being GEORGE PHILLIPS b. about 1801 in Ber-tle? who settled in Liverpool > and his son, another GEORGE PHILLIPS (b.1845) settled in Soho, London. > > Any suggestions gladly received. > > Rose > Epsom Downs/UK > > > ==== ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS Mailing List ==== > The 'SUBJECT' line is the first thing others will see - use it wisely. PLEASE do not just click on 'reply' - Change the subject line to describe more accurately the subject of *your* message. > This is particularly important when replying to a 'Digest' > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > > >