I have been looking for the HUNSDALE family for about the last 5 years. There are not many of them - so I thought it would be easy to find. HANS HUNSDALE has been a bit of a brickwall. I know he was born about 1840, I have his marriage in 1861 and the birth of his 4 children all in the Newtownards area. At some point this family moved to Belfast. I have most of the family deaths and a kind person sent me their burial information from the Belfast City Cemetery and he was not with them. I have his wife's death and then his remarriage in 1885. When the directories were on line at Proni I found him in several of the years as a sea captain. First question - how do I find out what he was a captain of - I have no idea where to go to get this information. In the directories I found him at the following addresses 1877 P 300 - 301 Hunsdale Hans Seaman 10 Wolfe Street 1880 P262-263 Hunsdale Hans Seaman 16 Rotterdam Street 1881 12 Wolfe Street Marriage of Annie 1885 1 Wolfe Street Death of Wife Annie 1887 P202-203 Hunsdale Hans Sailor 7 Garfield Terrace 1889 31 Madrid Street Death of Agnes 1890 P190-191 Hunsdale H. Sea Captain 31 Madrid Street 1892 P350-351 Hunsdale H. Sea Captain 64 Paxton Street 1892 P570-571 Hunsdale Hans Sea Captain 64 Paxton Street 1894 64 Paxton Street Death of Hans= son 1895 P552-553 Hunsdale Hans Sea Captain 4 Mount Street 1896 P578-579 Hunsdale Hans Sea Captain 4 Mount Street He certainly moved around. I found one directory for a Mrs. H. Hundsdale of Crawford Street in 1990 and she was a widow. I have no idea where Crawford Street is. I realized I hadn't searched the deaths for him in this time period and found one in 1898 - so this fit. When I received the certificate this week I am unsure if it is the right person. It is the right name - but the age is wrong and he is listed as a Storekeeper. How do you go from a Sea Captain to a Storekeeper. I am not sure if this means he owned the store or worked for someone else. The only thing that makes me believe it is the right person is the informant is an ELIZA JANE LONG - sister-in-law. This name is the same as the witness on his second marriage, and Long is the maiden name of his second wife - so she could have his age wrong. But it says he was 44 and it should be 58. Could she be out that much. Second question - does this sound like I have the right person. I am sending this to the Down list as well as Belfast as you are always so helpful. Thanks Brenda