With reference to my previous posting - see below - this enquiry has come to an unexpected conclusion - the lady is question was not the one we were seeking. The search will go on somewhere else. Many Thanks Keith Farrell (in Cornwall) X-Message: #1 Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 12:59:38 +0000 From: "Keith Farrell" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Subject: Bradford Archives or Library Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Hi listers, Can anyone visiting either the Bradford Archives or Bradford Central Library help with a lookup? A relative of mine is desperately seeking details of the death of his great grandmother. He used to research his family tree in the days before the internet and this omission from his records troubles him. His great grandmother was Mary Robinson (nee Stirzaker) born in Garstang, Lancashire c1829. Her age on each of the censuses from 1841 to 1891 matches to this date but in 1901 she is recorded as 73. For most of her life she lived in Bradford, West Yorkshire. She appears to have been alive in 1906 as her husband's will dated November of that year leaves all his possessions solely to her and this will was subject to probate in 1910. I have checked the civil registration index for her death from 1906 to 1930 and could only find 2 possibilities, one of which my relative has recorded as "not mine". The other is a death on the 22nd April 1916 age 86 when (on the death certificate) she is described as being of 73 Captain Street, Bradford, husband unknown, and the death occurred at the Workhouse Hospital, Horton, Bradford. We know that at the time of the writing of the will in 1806, “our” Mary Robinson lived at 538 Heaton Rd, Bradford. I believe the Bradford Archives have details of admissions, discharges and deaths at the Union Workhouse Hospital, Bradford. Could anyone visiting them find time to check if there are any other details especially next of kin. Could anyone visiting the Central Library find time to check for obituaries or notices of death in the local papers around the date of death? Many thanks if you can help. Keith Farrell (in Cornwall) _________________________________________________________________ Be the first to hear what's new at MSN - sign up to our free newsletters! http://www.msn.co.uk/newsletters