To be honest, I wouldn't say the thread is exactly off topic. It's clearly genealogically based. There would be no reason to shut the thread. Claire McConville www.claires-rosleaancestry.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Gloria Sent: 07 December 2007 04:08 To: nir-down@rootsweb.com Subject: [NIR-DOWN] Subject: Re: I need to pick your brains=off topic First, I'm fascinated that this off topic thread has survived so long! Most boards would have shut it down long ago. I'm not complaining! I think it is wonderful that so many offer help. We all have these sheep somewhere in our past. Now you have me hooked too! Does anyone have Ancestry.com access subscription? I found this and my experience is Norfolk accent spellings. Perhaps the south had the same problem as Latta/Latte/Lattey/Lattie etc are all the same. This record is the only one I could find for Rebecca Lattie and it is just close enough to be a viable record. ie Jennifer could be Jen and later Joane Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 <http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8781&enc=1> View Record Name Birth Date Gender Birth County Father's name Mother's name View Image View Record <javascript:go8781_8989461()> Jennifer Rebecca Latta date <javascript:go8781_8989461()> Female Lubbock name <javascript:go8781_8989461()> surname <javascript:go8781_8989461()> name <javascript:go8781_8989461()> surname <javascript:go8781_8989461()> <http://content.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=8781&iid=TXBTH_1974_00 08d13&fn=Jennifer+Rebecca&ln=Latta&st=d&ssrc=&pid=11813115> My great aunt was a housekeeper in England for a widower with a daughter a year older than herself. In 1851 she has six children and is unmarried. When I checked the 1861 census she is married and 6 children are listed. The two now have the widower's names added as middle names. Finally found the marriage in 1856. It seems he finally made an honest woman of her. *Descendants of James Marsham* Page 1 6 Dec 2007 *1. James Marsham (b.1797)* sp: Sarah Sizer (b.23 Sep 1821;m.17 Mar 1856;d.29 May 1890-All Saints,Catfield) 2. Susan Sizer (c.8 Aug 1841) 2. Mary Ann Marsham Sizer (b.March Qtr 1845) 2. Phoebe Sizer (b.June Qtr 1847;d.28 Sep 1856-All Saints,Catfield) 2. George Sizer (b.1848) sp: Mary Ann Blaxell (b.5 Jun 1859;m.21 Oct 1884) 2. William Marsham Sizer (b.Mar 1849) 2. Charles Sizer (b.18 Mar 1849)