On 06 Feb, Geoff and Frances Jarvis <gfjarvis@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > I am trying to find the ancestors of Emily Hay CRIDLAND. > Emily was born in Jamaica (British Subject) about 1868. In the 1881, > 1891 and 1901 censuses she lived in the Ashley area of Bristol. Her > mother Emily (maiden unknown) is also in Bristol. > Her mother is shown as wife in 1881 and 1891 but widow in 1901. I have > found no record of her father. Emily (the mother) is shown as having > been born in Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire about 1829 and her death > appears to be recorded on FreeBMD between Oct - Dec 1905. Hi Geoff, To find possible information on the mother -- if you had access to the CD of Bristol Diocese Baptismal Registers Vols 1 to 7 Index and Transcripts 1813-1837, which is available on CD from Bristol & Avon Family History Society (www.bafhs.org.uk), you could look through the transcribed parish registers for Pucklechurch and surrounding parishes to find out if there were any likely children called Emily baptized around 1829 or within a few years of that date. Josephine -- Josephine's Books, Ian's Pages, The Clutton 'Do' and the Glamorganshire Canal. http://www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com