This had me intrigued. I knew of street names in Nottingham using the name "Fulwood" but had never heard of it as a place. Looking it up I found it to be an extra parochial liberty 6 miles south west of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. A tip - always try Google!! See this link http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Fulwood,_Nottinghamshire#Church_record s Given the above the nearest place I could find that roughly matched the census entry of "Hillson" is Selston. I am not an expert on how the censuses were written up but it could be that the enumerator made notes and copied it incorrectly on the submitted form. Also many people put their birthplace on one census, then their Christening place on the next - just to confuse us! The Family Search site listed above is the old LDS site and this will lead you to the IGI, and if you know her maiden name you may find her christening there, also her marriage. Good searching. Brian Binns -----Original Message----- From: nottsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nottsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mrs Watson Sent: 10 September 2013 21:49 To: Notts Gen Subject: [NTT] Help with reading a birthplace HelloI am trying to figure out a place of birth according to the 1861 census: Mary BALL born about 1808 in Notts - it looks like Hellson to me but I can't find that on a map. Would someone with a much better knowledge of Notts be able to suggest anything? Source Citation: Class: RG 9; Piece: 2425; Folio: 32; Page: 6; GSU roll: 542969. The 1871 census for Mary gives her place of birth as Fullwood, which I can't seem to find either, although it sounds familiar!ThanksJanie Notts Surname List http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NOTTSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message