I'm looking for info about George Henry Johnson was born 5 Dec, 1882. 12 Fisher Road, Birkdale, U.S.D. I have no idea what the U.S.D. and I don't know if address is place of birth or a later residence, but it's a place to start The newly discovered note is attached to a map which shows a Birkdale about half way between Liverpool and Blackpool on the west coast of England I've just started to become brave enough to try researching British records which, from my home in Canada, always appeared to be like a black hole. From what I can tell, most British info is organized by county, so even getting a county name for this location would be a start. Then with names of his siblings and parents, maybe I can tie it all together with some census info -- Brian Johnson, P. Eng Johnson Engineering Consultants http://johnson-engineering.ca Ontario, Canada

Brian Johnson <bjohnson@johnson-engineering.ca> wrote: I'm looking for info about George Henry Johnson was born 5 Dec, 1882. 12 Fisher Road, Birkdale, U.S.D. I have no idea what the U.S.D. and I don't know if address is place of birth or a later residence, but it's a place to start ================== Dear Brian, The 1891 census shows the family then living in Kew Road, Birkdale, Lancs: Louisa Johnson / Head / Widow / 48 / Charwoman / Somersetshire Chilcompton William J " / Son / S / 18 / Railway wheel grinder / Lancashire Wigan Elizabeth " / Daur / -- / 13 / Scholar / Lancashire Southport Alice M " / Daur / -- / 11 / " / " " George Hy " / Son / --- / 8 / " / " " Mary E " / Daur / -- / 6 / " / " " Reference: RG12/3033 Folio 10 Page 14 Schedule 82 Incidentally USD is an abbreviation of Urban Sanitary District: ----------------------- Urban Sanitary Districts existed nationally from 1875 to 1894. Their purpose was to maintain and improve public health services in urban areas, although they had more powers than Rural Sanitary Districts due to bigger problems. ----------------------- You'll find more information about USDs at: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/types/status_page.jsp?unit_status=USD Kind regards, John -------------------- John Ball, Ystalyfera, near Swansea, Wales, UK E-mail: john@jlb2005.plus.com John's Homepage: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/ Images of Wales: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/walespic/ Welsh Family History Archive: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/wales/ GENUKI Breconshire Maintainer: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/BRE/ Joint Administrator - Powys (& BRE/MGY/RAD) RootsWeb mailing lists

U.S.D stands for Urban Sanitary District - the forerunner of the local councils that we have here today. Ann Macey List Admin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Johnson" <bjohnson@johnson-engineering.ca> > > George Henry Johnson was born 5 Dec, 1882. > 12 Fisher Road, > Birkdale, U.S.D. > > I have no idea what the U.S.D. and I don't know if address is place of > birth > or a later residence, but it's a place to start