Dear All,Thank you so much to all who responded it is much appreciated!Here is a bit more information for those of you who offfered to look things up for me.John Welch was born in Hants in around 1806 depending on which census you look at. He marrie dMartha Gray on 19th Jan 1836 at All Souls, MaryleboneThe next record I have is in 1841 when they are living in London. I have copied the census entries for 1841 and 1851 1841 Ancestry Registration district: St Pancras Sub registration district: Somers Town Household Members: Name Age Charlotte Welch 5 Harriet Welch 3 Mo John Welch 35 Martha Welch 30 Sophia Welch 3 Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece 685; Book: 17; Civil Parish: St Pancras; County: Middlesex; Enumeration District: 17A; Folio: 22; Page: 39; Line: 18; GSU roll: 438801. 1851 Ancestry Registration district: St George Hanover Square Sub registration district: Hanover Square ED, institution, or vessel: 23 Household schedule number: 175 Household Members: Name Age Charles F Wlhth 7 Charlotte E Wlhth 15 Ellen A Wlhth 4 Frances E Wlhth 2 Harriett L Wlhth 10 John Wlhth 40 Martha Wlhth 44 Sofshia Wlhth 13 Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 1475; Folio: 544; Page: 43; GSU roll: 87798. Many many thanks once again Best wishes Rosalind ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kate Burhouse" To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [HAM] Help please with illegible place name! Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:31:30 +0100 To help, there is a very good (lengthy) list of places in Hampshire here http://www.envf.port.ac.uk/hantsgaz/hantsgaz/HGDNDX_F.HTM Kate -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rosalind Read Sent: 30 April 2008 12:54 To: [email protected] Subject: [HAM] Help please with illegible place name! Hi, Is anyone good at reading old handwriting? I would be interested to know where a John Whlth (supposed to be WELCH!) was born.On the 1851 census he is listed as being born in Hants which I take as Hampshire and then there is another place name beginning with what I think is B but the rest of it I can't read. Can anyone decipher it for me?! This may help!Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 1475; Folio: 544; Page: 43; GSU roll: 87798 Many thanks and good luck! Rosalind -- Want an e-mail address like mine? Get a free e-mail account today at www.mail.com! For FREE online parish register transcriptions visit the Hampshire OPC at www.knightroots.co.uk ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message For FREE online parish register transcriptions visit the Hampshire OPC at www.knightroots.co.uk ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Want an e-mail address like mine? Get a free e-mail account today at www.mail.com!