If Mary was born in Briestfield I would check the parish records of Whitley, then Thornhill or even Grange Moor ======================================== Message Received: Sep 02 2009, 12:11 PM From: "[email protected]" To: [email protected] Cc: Subject: [YORKSHIRE] Mary Frances Benson (nee Hardy) This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: lexiebenson94 Surnames: Hardy, Benson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.yks.general/15365/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, Stuck in a rut after searching for a while!! Mary Frances Hardy born 1833 in Briestfield. Married Thomas Benson born 1831 in Thornhill, Dewsbury at St Peter's, Leeds in 1853. They had 6 children; Louisa, Thomas, Herbert, Sydney, William, Mary A. I would like to find her parents and siblings. Any info greatly appreciated. Regards Alexandra Benson Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. Some useful websites - FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message