wrote in message news:mailman.7.1374821067.28791.genbrit@rootsweb.com... > > > > I wonder if someone who has FMP can access the Parish records for > > > Lincolnshire, who I believe is working closely with that site. I can't > > > find anything relating to my search on Ancestry. > > > > > > If someone with access could please look for the birth of William > > > Searby > > > c1841, father William mother Maria N Bruchmann according to > > > information on > > > his death certificate, or the marriage of the parents. > > > Would appreciate any help as this has been a brick wall for years. > > > Ancestry is perhaps the more helpful > There are three William Searbys of about the right date born in > Lincolnshire > 1. in Goulceby son of George and Ellen b 1840 > > 2l In Theddlethorpe s James and Mary 1839 > Both fathers ag labs, both appear to remain in Engl;and, close to home > till > 1881-1891 > 3. Wllim son of Samuel and Elizebeth, 1839 b Boston, appears to have died > in Nottingham in 1913 and married to Mary Ann aisthorpe > > There is a fourth, located in London, son of George and Elizabeth b 1840. > George was a house painter, b Huttoft. . William , born Bolingbroke Lincs, > is > apparently the one who became an engraver of small goods and in -ap1861 > was in Faversham, Kent, in a lodging house, possibly nicely placed for > emigration - not seen after that. > > Bruckman is not a Lincs name, not English as it stands. Is it possibly > William married her? (rather than being her son) > There is a Maria Brockman, b c 1838 dau of a drayman, James, a servant in > Bristol in 1851, back home with widowed mother ANN 1861, not traced after > that. > also a Mary A Brookman b c 1836 dau of John, coachman to the gentry > herself a housemaid in an upmarket household in Montague Square. > Neither are found after 1861 - might have married, might have emigrated. > > This is a very rapid glance at what is available - you will know the date > iof > emigration. > EVE > > Author of The McLaughlin Guides for Family Historians > Secretary, Bucks Genealogical Society > Hi Eve The closet one here is the Census 1851 which almost tallies with No 1. In the Census he is 10, b Goulceby, parents George/Ann Searby. Ag Lab for father would be spot on. How we got his parents William/M N Bruchmann I don't know unless they are lurking somewhere out of site. All very confusing, I have nothing to prove George/Ann are really my William's parents. William married Maria Mannion in New York probably late 1860's. After returning to England with 2-3 children they came to Australia 1876. Thank you for your input, it's much appreciated. Regards, Kate (Sydney, Australia)