Hi Brian Remembering that the pages we see are transcriptions in themselves Could the place name in 1861 be the enumerators attempt at reading the handwriting of the householder, Yarmouth Norfolk ? There is a baptism in 1802 From the BVRI2 via Ancestry England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 about William Sillett Name: William Sillett Gender: Male Birth Date: 14 Jun 1802 Christening Date: 14 Jun 1802 Christening Place: Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Age at Christening: 0 Father's Name: Henry Sillett Mother's name: Sarah Youngman Source Citation: Place: Yarmouth, Norfolk, England; Collection: St Nicholas; -; Date Range: 1769 - 1833; Film Number: 1526328. Source Information: Ancestry.com. England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: Genealogical Society of Utah. British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, copyright 2002. Used by permission. Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 21/07/2014 12:51, Brian Sillett via wrote: > Henry SILLETT, wife Ann and daughter Margaret Jane are on the 1861 census of Scarborough ref RG9 3619 page 30 > > I cannot decipher Henry’s birthplace (??borough) and transcriptions have it variously as Scarborough (Nfk??) and Seaborough, neither of which makes much sense to me as Norfolk places. > > Despite looking long and hard at it, I still can’t make it out. Can anyone with a better knowledge of Norfolk places than me make it out?? > > Brian Sillett (in Lancashire) > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >