Have you tried Flintshire, Scotland. Ormskirk is Lancashire. Edna - Ottawa ----- Original Message ----- From: <Swifteam@aol.com> To: <HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 10:46 PM Subject: Re: [Ham] FLINTSHIRE RECORD OFFICE Dear List- I have an ancestor who was a professional cricket player for Ormskirk in 1890s -1900s. He went by the name Harry HOME. On the Census for 1891 and 1901 he is there - previously he was supposedly in "Flint County". Someone previously had suggested this was in "Flintshire "in Wales. However, sincei seeing this notice about the Flintshire Record Office - I am wondering if it was really this "Flintshire" he was from - (is it in Hampshire??) as his family did come originally from Southampton (Bitterne, Shirley, Millbrook) & Portsea. Would Flintshire be anywhere near these places? Unfortunately he would not have been on the 1881 census as he was in S.A. (Boer War) til about 1882 - then back to Preston for a while. Would there have been any amateur cricket teams in Flintshire he could have been playing for ? (In Ormskirk - he was the only paid professional on the amateur team there - he was a bowler.) Thanks Mary Margaret ==== HAMPSHIRE Mailing List ==== Turn over a new leaf - there might be a new ancestor hiding underneath Visit the knightroots website at www.knightroots.co.uk