On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 "Lance Mitchell" <lmitchell@uniflexinc.com> lamented >Subject: [LEI] NEED HELP READING ANCESTORS BIRTHPLACE FROM 1851 CENSUS > >Hello All- > > I'm new to the list and I'm wondering if I can send some of you a >scanned image from the Oldham 1851 Census. The county birthplace looks like >it reads Leicester or Leicestershire and the town looks like Hathrington or >Hallrington but I can't find any town resembling anything close to that >names. Any suggestions or directions would be appreciated. > >regards, > >Lance Mitchell >Brighton, Michigan USA and "Bruce Smith" <brucesmith@cox.net> posted a partial image, saying >Having been unsuccessful in helping Lance I thought I'd place it on >Photobucket for you all to see and can be found at >http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc199/Birstall46/jane.jpg > >It's the second entry from the top. >For those of you with access to the 1851 census the reference is 107/2240 >Folio 340 page 33. > >I'm not convinced it is Leicestershire and with some imagination I can make >Cheshire out of the first word Hi Lance I can see it looking like Cheshire Hathington, but can also see it looking like Leicester Worthington. It's a pity you didn't tell us or put up the person's name. Can you find the person in the 1861 census? That's my tuppence worth Graham