Hello there I have just started helping my mother in law trace her Heaton family. Her Grandfather Thomas Heaton came over from Lancashire to Australia as a child with his father also Thomas Heaton. This is the family on the 1881 Census. Name Rel Marr Age Sex Birthplace Thomas HEATON: Head W 42 M Nottingham, England Occ: Stone Mason Joseph HEATON Son U 21 M Darwen, Lancashire, England Occ: Stone Mason Mary Jane HEATON Dau U 17 F Withnell, Lancashire, England Occ: Cotton Weaver Dinah HEATON Dau U 15 F Withnell, Lancashire, England Occ: Cotton Weaver Isaac HEATON Son U 11 M Withnell, Lancashire, England Occ: Scholar Thomas HEATON Son 7 M Heapy, Lancashire, England Occ: Scholar William HEATON Son 5 M Withnell, Lancashire, England Occ: Scholar Emma HEATON Dau U 12 F Withnell, Lancashire, England Occ: Scholar If you think there is a connection please let me know. Kind Regards Helen, Queensland, Australia. _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com