Good monring listers Thanks to the help of the British Library a little more information has been found on my John THORPE Jnr. b 1829 in Madras. I knew he was a Clerk in the Police Dept in the Hyderabad Residency in 1867 when 3 of his children were baptised but had not been able to find any further info on him. On L/F/10/190 Hyderabad Uncovenanted civil servants 1866-1900, the entry for 1866 read: The Superintendent of Police Residency Bazaars Name: John Thorpe Position: Writer, Dawk Bearer Department ["Dawk" - properly transport by relays of men & horses & thence 'the mail' or letter-oost, as well as any arrangement for travelling or for transmitting articles by such relays, also to cause relay of bearers or horses to be posted on a road] L/F/10/189 Hyderabad civil establishments 1871 to 1877 and V/13 series from 1875 were also searched bu no further information appeared. Pay: 30 Rupees Age: years 37 [born in India] As a writer, where would John possibly have been educated, at the Cantonment school or possibly a college. John Jnr's father John THORPE had "land under cultivation" in the Hyderabad area so may have had money or perhaps was cultivating for the govt at the time [as in Beverley's message to the list today] so may have been able to afford to send his son John Jnr to a college. Would there be any other records that would give any further information like, personal info i.e.marriage, family or pension or death of John Thorpe please. Also what are "Police Residency Bazaars" please?. Thank you for any answers to my above queries. Kind regards Joan -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 1096 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message