I wondered why this hadn't hit the list Then realised I forgot to send ;-) If you search freebmd you would find the following Births Dec 1884 Busby William Henry Amersham 3a 583 Likewise if you search freebmd for surname BUSBY and forename +Horton you will get various hits But if you also try a search for marriage for surname BUSBY and surname HORTON (as that is often the reason Horton might be given as a middle name) you will find quite a few pages with those two surnames on That doesn't prove they married each other of course but perhaps food for thought for some of the births for those middle named Horton Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 31/07/2015 11:19, Bret Busby via wrote: > Hello. > > In trying to find information about BUSBY males with the middle name > Horton, to try to find information about possible relatives of my > great-great-grandfather Michael Horton BUSBY, apparently born in 1803 in > Chesham in Buckinghamshire, and having raised a family in Middlesex, > London, before he and his wife and offspring, emigrated to Australia > and New Zealand, I found the following at familysearch.org.

On Fri, 31 Jul 2015, Nivard Ovington via wrote: > Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 21:29:47 > From: Nivard Ovington via <[email protected]> > Reply-To: Nivard Ovington <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LONDON] BUSBY name especially with HORTON middle name > > I wondered why this hadn't hit the list > > Then realised I forgot to send ;-) > > If you search freebmd you would find the following > > Births Dec 1884 > Busby William Henry Amersham 3a 583 > > Likewise if you search freebmd for surname BUSBY and forename +Horton > you will get various hits > > But if you also try a search for marriage for surname BUSBY and surname > HORTON (as that is often the reason Horton might be given as a middle > name) you will find quite a few pages with those two surnames on > > That doesn't prove they married each other of course but perhaps food > for thought for some of the births for those middle named Horton > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > On 31/07/2015 11:19, Bret Busby via wrote: >> Hello. >> >> In trying to find information about BUSBY males with the middle name >> Horton, to try to find information about possible relatives of my >> great-great-grandfather Michael Horton BUSBY, apparently born in 1803 in >> Chesham in Buckinghamshire, and having raised a family in Middlesex, >> London, before he and his wife and offspring, emigrated to Australia >> and New Zealand, I found the following at familysearch.org. > For Information on this list, or to unsubscribe go to http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/ENG/LONDON.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > All I get at freebmd.org, are endless pointers to external web sites, with no freebmd search engine. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 ....................................................

Then Bret you are not using it correctly Go to :- http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ Select search left side red button Select event type or all Enter surname and or first name By entering a + in front of the forename it will pick up the middle names as well And search Also at the foot of that search page is http://www.freebmd.org.uk/advanced-facilities.html Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > All I get at freebmd.org, are endless pointers to external web sites, > with no freebmd search engine. >