Dear Monica I am always happy to acknowledge the debt that correspondents on this list owe to Chris and Caroline, for the helpful work they do and their willingness to put themselves out for other people. I'm sure they won't mind me pointing out though, that there are other people on the list who at times can be almost as helpful, and that therefore requests for help or advice should be addressed to the List as a whole. If questions are put to individual members, it could tend to turn off others who might be able to help. Having said that, on your particular query, I can't get into the Archives for a week or so, being about to go off to some German Christmas Markets. Meanwhile, why not send an email to the helpful people at local.studies@southampton.gov.uk who I am sure will take a look for Louisa Burton's baptism in the bound volumes of parish registers they have in their collection? Also I sent out a week or so ago the information from them about the 1861 census plans. For those who missed it, here is their reply again: === Dear Mr Jacobs Our index to the 1861 census will be published as a CD, as the 1871 census has been. There is no date yet for this publication We will be including all the areas we covered on the 1871 census The Family History Club is transcribing, checking, and computerising the 1861 census enumeration district by enumeration district: as each district is added to the database, we print out a surname index for that district. Each time we complete another 10 districts, we create a merged index and print out a surname index for all those districts. The present position is: Surname index Southampton Enumeration Districts 1-20 & Workhouse (merged) Surname indexes Southampton Enumeration Districts 21-29 (separate) I now am preparing Enumeration District 30 for adding to the database, and I hope to have created a merged surname index for districts 1-30 by Christmas. There are 47 districts in Southampton itself, and these are all at various stages of being completed. We have also just started work on St Mary Extra, which will be followed by South Stoneham and Millbrook. As the work is very definitely "in progress", it will always be worth checking for additions. Yours Vicky Green Special Collections Library Southampton Reference Library Civic Centre Southampton SO14 7LW Tel 023 8083 2205 =============== Cheers, Dave Jacobs List Administrator ============= At 17:19 28/11/2004, Monicaselway@aol.com wrote: >Hi Chris & Caroline, >Sorry to nag you again but,can anyone help me find a Baptism possibly 1825 >Southampton. >As Dave has said the 1841 census is very trying.I visited the FRC Myddleton >st London 2 yrs ago and after some time I eventually found my BURTON family >living in FRENCH STREET ST. JOHN. >OLIVIA BURTON AGE 46 OCCUPATION IND >LOUISA BURTON AGE 16 " STAY MAKER. >Then on the 1851 cunsus more BURTONS, MY GREAT GRANDFATHER >JOHN BURTON & family address SIMNEL STREET PARISH OF ST MICHAEL. > >Is it possible to find a BAPTISM for LOUISA BURTON ? 1825 ,THAT IS ,IF HER >AGE WAS RIGHT ON THE 1841 CENSUS. >Do you know when the 1861 census will be on sale , then I can continue my >search for the BURTONS OF SOUTHAMPTON TOWN. >Many thanks for any help or advice re the above. > >Monica. > > >============================== >View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx