Robin, you may find some clues in Edward Rist's will, which can be purchased as a PDF from the National Archives. The search page is found at http://tinyurl.com/7kqoz . The service is excellent and your documents will be with you within a few seconds of your payment being made. good luck, Mark

Mark, Thank you for the suggestion, but I have the will of Edward RIST and it is the shortest I have seen yet - 20 lines, most of which is formulaic and in legalese (if that's a word) and I am having difficulty deciphering it. He leaves his possessions to Mary RIST (assume his wife) and OUR children, which suggests that Mary Agnes may have siblings. Any suggestions as to how I discover where Mary Agnes was born and when, as it is before GRO records (have tried subscribing to Find My Past but nothing shows up) and her potential siblings? The SHIRREFS clan are Aberdeen Scots and thankfully Scotland's People has superb parish records available for a fee online, any suggestions about England pre 1837 for those of us in the Antipodes? Thanks Again Robin -----Original Message----- From: india-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:india-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mark Steevens Sent: Saturday, 25 September 2010 17:30 To: india@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [INDIA] SHIRREFS - RIST - ROBINSON Robin, you may find some clues in Edward Rist's will, which can be purchased as a PDF from the National Archives. The search page is found at http://tinyurl.com/7kqoz . The service is excellent and your documents will be with you within a few seconds of your payment being made. good luck, Mark ===== India Mailing List ===== Families in British India Society: http://www.fibis.org Archives for this list can be found at: http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=INDIA and at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/INDIA ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message