> > Would someone with access to FMP be kind enough to send me a copy of the 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 Author of The McLaughlin Guides for Family Historians Secretary, Bucks Genealogical Society