Janice, This has cropped up before and it is caused by WEM also being the Chapman Code for Westmeath, Ireland like SAL is for Shropshire, so when Ancestry enter it into their database it picks up Wem and corrects it, incorrectly in this case, to Westmeath. HTH Graham WILLIAMS Shropshire Family History Society -----Original Message----- From: Abbotale30@aol.com [mailto:Abbotale30@aol.com] Sent: 19 April 2006 10:48 To: ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ENG-SHROP] brick wall It appears I cant email you off list. Hi Louise Yes I have tried looking to see if he is with brothers and sisters. Cant find his sister Jane b. 1826 or sister Elizabeth b. 1837 Can find all the others that I mentioned all living in Wolverhampton. Strange, but the numerator has Wem down as being Westmeath on some of the 1851/61 census.. Just cant find them at all....thank you for helping me kind regards Janice Researching: HAMPSON, STYCHE, GLADWIN, ABBOTT, ESBERGER, HOLLINGWORTH, HEMMINGWAY, CRESSWELL, KING, MATHER, ECKERSLEY, GOODALL, ROBINSON, ARAM, GEE, GRAFTON ==== ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS Mailing List ==== DO NOT send 'Unsubscribe' requests to the list. Send a new e-mail with just the word - unsubscribe - in the message body to ~ ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS-L-request@rootsweb.com ~ Substitute -D- for -L- if in 'Digest' mode. ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.3/316 - Release Date: 17/04/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.3/316 - Release Date: 17/04/2006 ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com