Anne, Since he said in 1896 that he was domiciled in Pulteneytown, you might also find him there in the 1891 and/or 1901 censuses. I would start there before the 1861. And since the 1881 is so accessible and searchable, it would also be worth a check. I don't have a copy, but perhaps some kind soul on the List could have a look in the 1881 CD for you right now (hint, hint, nudge, nudge). In a message dated 28/6/02 7:08:36 PM Pacific Daylight Time, SCT-CAITHNESS-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 04:34:01 +1000 From: "Alastair Duncan Banks" <alastair_banks@optusnet.com.au> To: SCT-CAITHNESS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <000e01c21e09$3639ece0$316a31d2@oemcomputer> Subject: Re: SPENCE - Pulteney Town Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Anne Pulteneytown is part of Wick in Caithness. If he was born there in 1856, you might find him in the 1861 Census for the Parish of Wick. Alastair ----- Original Message ----- From: "thistledown" <thistledown76@btinternet.com> To: <SCT-CAITHNESS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 11:50 PM Subject: SPENCE - Pulteney Town > New to this list and searching for my GG Grandfather Thomas Spence who has > stated on his daughter's 1896 Forfarshire birth certificate that his > domicile was Pulteney Town and that his occupation was a Quarry Labourer. > Any help or advice on how to find any information on this Thomas Spence or > any of his relatives would be greatly appreciated. > This Thomas Spence was, unfortunately for anyone trying to trace him, a > traveller and although I have discovered everything about the last eight > years of his life (1925-1933), his lifestyle is causing great difficulty in > discovering anything about his earlier years. My belief is that he was born > about 1856 and my hope is, that the information he has given on my > Grandmother's birth certificate was at last fact rather than fiction and > that Pulteney Town or somewhere in Caithness is actually where he may have > been born! > Any one out there who can help me or point me in the right direction? > Anne > (Desperate) >> Unless specifically stated otherwise in this message, there is no intentional attachment on this e-mail transmission. Ken Harrison North Vancouver, Canada mcharrison@compuserve.com HARRISON Yorkshire, Staffordshire, London (Highgate/Hampstead) POTCHIT Yorkshire FISHER London (Highgate/Hampstead) GRIFFIN Staffordshire STANLEY Staffordshire SMELLIE Lanark, Orkney, Glasgow, Tasmania STIRRAT Ayrshire & Glasgow BAIN Caithness MILLER Caithness, Swaziland SPENCE Orkney TRAILL Orkney SELKRIG Lanark WICKETSHAW Lanark MORRISON Perthshire, Islay, Dumbarton, Glasgow, Australia (Vic) BAIRD Renfrew HAM Australia (Vic) THOMPSON Suffolk AGGUS Suffolk BRIGHTWELL Suffolk LAWSON Clackmannan McNABB Islay MURRAY Dumfries, Renfrew GILLESPIE Dumfries HENDERSON Dumfries TICKET (TAKET) Dumfries CALDWELL Tyrone, Renfrew GRAHAM Tyrone, Ontario Genealogists never die ... they just lose their census.