I wish I could give you a more educated answer, but I got the info from a man living in Derbyshire. He has a website that is mostly dedicated to the county and I wrote him asking about Toton. (On my gr grandfather's gravestone in Canada, it says, "born at Toton, Derbyshire, England".) This is what he wrote to me: > my first impression is that is could be Toton which is just inside > Nottinghamshire. It borders with Long Eaton in Derbyshire. Long Eaton > became a separate parish in 1813 so before that was part of the > Derbyshire parish of Sawley. For almost 20 years, I have been looking for Toton in Derbyshire without success. I went back to Canada in July and again looked at the gravestone just to be sure. So now I have found that Toton is in Nottinghamshire and as a result I have found my gr grandfather's baptism. With the help of Family History Library films and the help of so many on this list, I have been able to piece his family together. > I cannot help you on your specific enquiry, but the River Erewash has been > the southern boundary between Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire since time > immemorial. Toton is and always has been to the east of this boundary and > definitely in Notts. I have never heard of Toton ever being in Derbyshire. > I would like to take this time to thank all those who emailed me off the list and helped me. I will write all of you off the list. I am just a bit overwhelmed by all the help I have received from all over the world from members of this list. Thank you very much. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento, CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com