>Dear Jon, I did notice that there are a couple of PITTIS Wills at documentsonline. If yours is there it might help clear things up. THere are 1425 Ilse of Wight Wills there, and so far I've scanned the titles of 500 of them - 1000 to go David in Ballarat >I don't often post with requests for lookups, but I wonder if anyone can >help me out. In an effort to make progress with identifying the origins of >my 4*Great Grandfather Edward Pittis, I sent away for a Death Certificate in >the hope that it might contain details which might show that it was the >correct certificate for him. Sadly it posed more questions than answers >because the Informant was given as Catherine SALTER, and not, as hoped, >Edward's wife (Mary PITTIS nee NEWBURY) or even one of his children (Edward >and Mary had 14 children but none known called Catherine). Mary is known to >have died in 1868. > >The Certificate gives Edward's age as 63, and the date 26 October 1842. So, >my question, does anyone have access to the 1841 census, or at least an >index, for Gatcombe. Although the 41 does not give relationships, I would >like to know who else (if anyone) was in the same household. I'm reasonably >certain that this Death Cert is for the right Edward PITTIS but could do >with some corroborating evidence. > >As a separate question does anyone have Catherine Salter in their family >tree, and might be able to explain why she was the informant? > >Thanks > >Jon Baker >Calne, UK >www.vectis10w.freeserve.co.uk