From: Lisa Warnes <lisawarnes@hotmail.com> > Is anyone on the list researching this name in the Bradford area?> See my message re RAWNSLEY! The same applies to this query. You must be more specific if you wamt serious help. Just to ask if anyone is researching a surname is far too vague. As I explained earlier, you may be flooded with replies, many of which may have no relevance at all. They simply over-load the list and waste bandwidth and downloading time. To re-iterate..... Say WHICH Forrest family you are interested in, i.e. something like "Is anyone researching the ancestry and descendants of MARMADUKE FORREST, sagger-maker's bottom knocker, of Great Horton, Bradford, and his wife, Maisie, nee SNODGRASS, who had 17 children between 1860 and 1885?" A slight exaggeration on my part, but this is to give you the idea. Also don't just post WHO you are interested in but WHAT you have done so far yourself. For instance, you may get people posting that they have Forrests in the 1881 and 1891 censuses and you may post messages in reply, saying "Oh, I've done all that", thus wasting everyone's time! Be precise about who you're looking for and what you've already done. Get the idea? -- Roy Stockdill Professional genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE

Just to put some meat on Roy's request for detail - there were 65 people with the surname FORREST said by the 1881 census index on Ancestry's web-site to be living in Bradford. I didn't look at those in the UK said to be born in Bradford. I suspect that looking at the other on-line indices of the UK censuses would add many hundreds more. If you let us know whose line you're interested in, at what time and what you've done so far, we may be able to help. Personally, I haven't the time to do a complete run down of the FORREST name living in, or born in, Bradford since 1837. However, I'm very willing to handle a smaller enquiry. Chris -----Original Message----- From: eng-yks-bradford-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-yks-bradford-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Roy Stockdill Sent: 31 January 2008 09:46 To: Bradford mailing List Subject: Re: [YKS-BRADFORD] FORREST From: Lisa Warnes <lisawarnes@hotmail.com> > Is anyone on the list researching this name in the Bradford area?> See my message re RAWNSLEY! The same applies to this query. You must be more specific if you wamt serious help. Just to ask if anyone is researching a surname is far too vague. As I explained earlier, you may be flooded with replies, many of which may have no relevance at all. They simply over-load the list and waste bandwidth and downloading time. To re-iterate..... Say WHICH Forrest family you are interested in, i.e. something like "Is anyone researching the ancestry and descendants of MARMADUKE FORREST, sagger-maker's bottom knocker, of Great Horton, Bradford, and his wife, Maisie, nee SNODGRASS, who had 17 children between 1860 and 1885?" A slight exaggeration on my part, but this is to give you the idea. Also don't just post WHO you are interested in but WHAT you have done so far yourself. For instance, you may get people posting that they have Forrests in the 1881 and 1891 censuses and you may post messages in reply, saying "Oh, I've done all that", thus wasting everyone's time! Be precise about who you're looking for and what you've already done. Get the idea? -- Roy Stockdill Professional genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-YKS-BRADFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message