"eve via" wrote in message news:[email protected] > > the > > burial/death record for James WARD, died 1788, St James Westminster. I > > placed it as Middlesex as it didn't show as Westminster. I already have > > his > > Will. > > The death record for his brother has not survived and James is my last > > hope > > in the search for their parents. > > You are unlikely to get any help from finding the burial entry for James. > In > 1788, you mostly get just the name of the person and date of burial. (not > even an age unless he was very old indeed fior the time). The will would > have been a better bet, since wills often mention brothers (and looking > for > two in a family is more productive than looking for one.) > However, if he held any copyhold property, track down the manorial > records, > since these may often show inheritance of land from a father (or uncle). > If > he > only acquired it by purchase, he was just being difficult. > EVE > Another approach is Apprentice Tax records. You don't say roughlu how old he was, but if he was in a trade and born after 1697 before c 1738, then he should have been apprenticed, and most apprentice entries pre 1752 will show the name of the father and usually his location. These records are on Ancestry. Select 'Probate and Tax', then 'Tax' and scroll right down to (something like) Register of Duties paid for Apprenticeship Indentures' Failing James, look for the brothers. EVE Author of The McLaughlin Guides for Family Historians Secretary, Bucks Genealogical Society Thanks to all for your input. I don't know James' age I can only work roughly from one brother being born 1730. James was a Cheesemonger in Clare Market, Westminster. I was trying to find if this was related to an apprenticeship or did he just own such a business. He paid land tax but I have not been able to find anything relating to him in Apprentices records. His Will only left moderate amounts to his family as well as the business. Brother William who lived at Lambeth was the one with money that is why I thought he might have been the eldest boy, he worked at the general post office as an Accountant and according to his Will another brother, John, was his pensioner. I am still trying to find parents common to all siblings, including sister Elizabeth but with such common names I've yet to meet with any success, more so as I don't know where the family lived. Regards Kate Sydney, Australia