Dear Jean Thanks for looking, if I could establish where he was born then I can try and find his baptism. His wife was Ann Mountford and the Mounfords also seem to be mainly in the north end of the city, so I'll keep looking up there! Regards Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: "j.ankers1" <j.ankers1@ntlworld.com> To: <ENG-STS-THE-POTTERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 11:50 PM Subject: Re: [Pots] Help with 'where born' > Hi Barbara, I looked at the "where born" for George Lucas, but I can't > decipher it either. Perhaps you may have some luck with another lister. It > could begin with M or N. I thought perhaps Meir.. something, ...but Meir > Heath doesn't fit, or Meir lane, or Meir Hay. The last column could read > BLIND. > > By the way, I have Lucas's in my tree, but not George and family. My Lucas's > were potters and lived in and around Longton, but originated from Burslem > and Derby. There are also Lucas's from Newcastle under Lyme which aren't > connected to mine either. Have you thought that George may come from that > branch? You may like to try that line. Regards, Jean.