Hi I'm wondering if anyone could give me some information on the following: "My grandfather was John Massey who lived in Glebe Street Wellington Shropshire. He was married to Annie Dorricott Grandfathers mother was Dinah Massey. I have a copy of his birth certificate but he was born out of wedlock & there is no fathers name on certificate. He was born at the Wellington workhouse on 7th October 1883" Is there anyone that you know of who is searching Massey's in Shropshire and do you know how I can locate any information on this guy. Is there a list of people who were in the work houses? I'm really lost here. Thanks for your time. Sherry BC Canada

There will be a list of people in the workhouse at the date of the 1881 Census (on the Census CDrom if you have it). Otherwise you will have to hope that the workhouse records survive, on which I can not give any information. As for the father, if not on the certificate, you have little hope of finding any further information unless it is mentioned in any baptism record. So far, I am not involved in Shropshire Masseys, but there were a lot of them. For more Massey information see my web page http://www.geocities.com/donaldmasseyuk/masseymore.html Donald Massey ----- Original Message ----- > "My grandfather was John Massey who lived in Glebe Street Wellington > Shropshire. He was married to Annie Dorricott > Grandfathers mother was Dinah Massey. I have a copy of his birth certificate > but he was born out of wedlock & there is no fathers name on certificate. He > was born at the Wellington workhouse on 7th October 1883" > Is there anyone that you know of who is searching Massey's in Shropshire and do you know how I can locate any information on this guy. Is there a list of people who were in the work houses? I'm really lost here. Thanks for your time.