Hello Sharon, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Fry" <[email protected]> > On 2011/07/31 08:09, Sharon wrote: > >> I am looking for a Samuel MEAD/E born abt 1810 possibly of Burntwood or >> Brentwood. He is the son of James Mead and Margaret (surname unknown). >> Unfortunately what I know of him is not a lot except that he was sentenced at >> Chelmsford in 1831 for stealing some geese and he was transported to NSW, >> Australia for 7 years. He later married and died here. On won records it is >> stated that he was from Brentwood but when I ordered the film in I could not >> find him. Then recently I found his obituary in one of the papers for NSW >> and it states he was from Burntwood. > > I think you'll find that Burntwood is the much earlier, former name for > Brentwood. They are the same physical place. > > -- > Regards,> Mike Fry> Johannesburg (ex:Billericay) There is also, to add to the confusion, at least one other Burntwood, in Staffordshire - see http://www.bfhg.org.uk/Z-Burntwood.php . In fact http://gazetteer.dracos.vm.bytemark.co.uk/search?q=burntwood gives a.. Burntwood, Staffordshire b.. Burntwood, Oxfordshire c.. Burntwood Craig, Angus d.. Burntwood Fm, Hampshire e.. Burntwood Grange, Doncaster f.. Burntwood Green, Staffordshire g.. Burntwood Hall, Barnsley h.. Burntwood Pentre, Flintshire But only one Brentwood, that in Essex. Have you tried Nonconformist records for a Baptism? Regards, John Henley