Thanks Kate. I use familysearch but not historical directoires - it's fab! Many thanks for pointing it out to me. Best wishes Carole >From: Kate <kate.blogs@gmail.com> >Reply-To: eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com >To: eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [B'ham] Coventry workhouse 1861 inmates >Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2006 23:23:18 +0000 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Received: from lists9.rootsweb.com ([66.43.27.45]) by >bay0-mc2-f9.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2444); Sat, 4 >Nov 2006 15:25:04 -0800 >Received: from lists9.rootsweb.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1])by >lists9.rootsweb.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kA4NOAcE009345;Sat, 4 Nov >2006 16:24:24 -0700 >Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34])by >lists9.rootsweb.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kA4NO9c2009342for ><ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM@lists9.rootsweb.com>;Sat, 4 Nov 2006 16:24:09 -0700 >Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com >[66.249.92.174])by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id >kA4NO7Ca014517for <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com>; Sat, 4 Nov 2006 >16:24:08 -0700 >Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id m3so656098ugefor ><eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com>;Sat, 04 Nov 2006 15:24:07 -0800 (PST) >Received: by 10.67.26.7 with SMTP id d7mr4939158ugj.1162682647639;Sat, 04 >Nov 2006 15:24:07 -0800 (PST) >Received: from ?217.44.191.193? ( [217.44.191.193])by mx.google.com with >ESMTP id 53sm2849559ugn.2006.11.04.15.24.06;Sat, 04 Nov 2006 15:24:07 -0800 >(PST) >X-Message-Info: LsUYwwHHNt2jaCugwTVrC4S3By4tOD0AlqP6pCh8LaQ= >User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (Windows/20060909) >References: <BAY101-F163D01CBC3252CC4246594CDFD0@phx.gbl> >X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.57 on 192.168.65.34 >X-BeenThere: eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com >X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 >Precedence: list >List-Id: <eng-warks-birmingham.rootsweb.com> >X-Loop: ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM@rootsweb.com >List-Unsubscribe: ><http://lists9.rootsweb.com/mailman/listinfo/eng-warks-birmingham>,<mailto:eng-warks-birmingham-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe> >List-Archive: ><http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=eng-warks-birmingham> >List-Post: <mailto:eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> >List-Help: <mailto:eng-warks-birmingham-request@rootsweb.com?subject=help> >List-Subscribe: ><http://lists9.rootsweb.com/mailman/listinfo/eng-warks-birmingham>,<mailto:eng-warks-birmingham-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe> >Errors-To: eng-warks-birmingham-bounces@rootsweb.com >Return-Path: eng-warks-birmingham-bounces@rootsweb.com >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 04 Nov 2006 23:25:04.0333 (UTC) >FILETIME=[7506D7D0:01C70068] > >Hi Carole, > >If you can find them on earlier censuses and see out what their >occupations were, you might be able to trace them in trade directories, >this is a good place to look >http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/index.asp > >They were both born before civil registration began, but you might be >able to find a record of their birth or baptism on familysearch.org >http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp Their >marriages may be listed on there too. > >Kate > > >carole williams wrote: > > Hi > > > > On the 1861 census, RG 9 2201, in the Municipal Ward of Whitefriars, > > Coventry in the parish of St Michael, I've found Thomas AMES 72 and > > Edward AMES 70 as inmates and 'pauper widowers' . > > > > Please could anyone tell me, or how to how to find, more info on their > > background? > > > > Best wishes Carole > > > > > > > > Best wishes Carole > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Windows LiveĀ Messenger has arrived. Click here to download it for > > free! http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/?locale=en-gb > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _____________________________________________ > > Tracing Ancestors in Birmingham: > > http://www.bham.de/ > > > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: >ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >_____________________________________________ >Tracing Ancestors in Birmingham: >http://www.bham.de/ > >Any problems, please contact the List Admin: >ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Download the new Windows Live Toolbar, including Desktop search! http://toolbar.live.com/?mkt=en-gb
Yes, it is a really useful site - I have found some interesting bits and pieces on there. Kate carole williams wrote: > Thanks Kate. > > I use familysearch but not historical directoires - it's fab! Many > thanks for pointing it out to me. > > Best wishes Carole > >