Hoping someone might help with my geography.  I have 2 wills dating 1840 and 1855 referencing John Jolly of Acomb and Acomb Grange.  Searching the census sheets (Ancestry) I am unable to find anyone (not just the Jolly's) living in that area.  Any suggestions of what town or parish Acomb may have been listed under.  As for Acomb Grange, the only reference I can find is for a house in the 15th century as opposed to an area.  Any help or suggestions would greatly be appreciated. Thank you, Scott B Canada

A thanks for all the help.  Sadly I was searching Ancestry for Acombe.   A retry with the new info (and no '' e') has found my John Jolly (Jolby - sic). Thanks again for all the help, Scott B Canada Hoping someone might help with my geography.  I have 2 wills dating 1840 and 1855 referencing John Jolly of Acomb and Acomb Grange.  Searching the census sheets (Ancestry) I am unable to find anyone (not just the Jolly's) living in that area.  Any suggestions of what town or parish Acomb may have been listed under.  As for Acomb Grange, the only reference I can find is for a house in the 15th century as opposed to an area.  Any help or suggestions would greatly be appreciated. Thank you, Scott B Canada Some useful websites - FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-YORKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ARY/Acomb/index.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acomb,_Yorkshire (also mentions Acomb Grange) On 15/01/2011 17:16, mime wrote: > Hoping someone might help with my geography. I have 2 wills dating 1840 and > 1855 referencing John Jolly of Acomb and Acomb Grange. Searching the census > sheets (Ancestry) I am unable to find anyone (not just the Jolly's) living in > that area. Any suggestions of what town or parish Acomb may have been listed > under. > > As for Acomb Grange, the only reference I can find is for a house in the 15th > century as opposed to an area. > > Any help or suggestions would greatly be appreciated. > Thank you, > Scott B > Canada > > > > > Some useful websites - > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ > > Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-YORKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Scott If you select advanced search (in Old search not the useless New Search) Enter Acomb Grange in the keyword box, no other information and search You will find many hits including for 1881 Name: John Smith Age: 43 Estimated birth year: abt 1838 Relation: Head Spouse's name: Elizabeth J. Smith Gender: Male Where born: Ellerbeck, Yorkshire, England Civil Parish: Rufforth County/Island: Yorkshire Country: England Street address: Acomb Grange Condition as to marriage: Married Education: Occupation: Farmer (Of 450 Acres Employ 8 Men) Registration district: Great Ouseburn Sub-registration district: Poppleton ED, institution, or vessel: 2 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age John Smith 43 Elizabeth J. Smith 40 Elizabeth J. Smith 14 Thomas Smith 12 John H. Smith 10 Anne Eliza Smith 8 Frank Smith 7 Mary E. Smith 4 Maria Musgrave 25 William Musgrave 22 William Rush 22 Thomas Thornton 26 John Lavan 34 RG11; Piece: 4323; Folio: 45; Page: 10; GSU roll: 1342031. You will also find the amusingly named Mr BEAN in 1911 Name: Mr S Bean Number of Males: 5 Number of Females: 3 Household schedule number: 58 Street address: Acomb Grange Civil Parish: Rufforth Ecclesiastical parish: All Saints Rufforth County/Island: Yorkshire West Riding Country: England Registration district: Great Ouseburn Registration District Number: 3 Sub-registration district: Poppleton Sub-Registration District Number: 3 ED, institution, or vessel: 5 Neighbors: RG78; Piece: 1498 A search for Acomb Grange (keyword) and JOLLY (surname) finds Name: John C Jolly Age: 54 Estimated birth year: abt 1817 Relation: Visitor Gender: Male Where born: Acomb Grange, Yorkshire, England Civil Parish: St Mary Bishopshill Junior Ecclesiastical parish: St Paul County/Island: Yorkshire Country: England Registration district: York Sub-registration district: Micklegate ED, institution, or vessel: 7 Household schedule number: 291 Household Members: Name Age Rachall Walton 42 Elizabeth Scruton 19 John C Jolly 54 Mary Jolly 40 RG10; Piece: 4747; Folio: 109; Page: 50; GSU roll: 847316. Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) Hoping someone might help with my geography. I have 2 wills dating 1840 and 1855 referencing John Jolly of Acomb and Acomb Grange. Searching the census sheets (Ancestry) I am unable to find anyone (not just the Jolly's) living in that area. Any suggestions of what town or parish Acomb may have been listed under. As for Acomb Grange, the only reference I can find is for a house in the 15th century as opposed to an area. Any help or suggestions would greatly be appreciated. Thank you, Scott B Canada

Further to my last A search for the John JOLLY born circa 1817 finds Name: John Jolly Age: 25 Estimated birth year: abt 1816 Gender: Male Where born: Yorkshire, England Civil Parish: Rufforth Hundred: York (Ansty) County/Island: Yorkshire Country: England Registration district: York Sub-registration district: Micklegate Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age John Jolly 60 Mary Jolly 50 John Jolly 25 Thomas Jolly 20 HO107; Piece 1357; Book: 11; Civil Parish: Rufforth; County: Yorkshire; Enumeration District: 26; Folio: 3; Page: 1; Line: 3; GSU roll: 464295. Address = "Grange" Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Hoping someone might help with my geography. I have 2 wills dating 1840 > and > 1855 referencing John Jolly of Acomb and Acomb Grange. Searching the > census > sheets (Ancestry) I am unable to find anyone (not just the Jolly's) living > in > that area. Any suggestions of what town or parish Acomb may have been > listed > under. > > As for Acomb Grange, the only reference I can find is for a house in the > 15th > century as opposed to an area. > > Any help or suggestions would greatly be appreciated. > Thank you, > Scott B > Canada