I would be grateful for some advice regarding addresses. I have a "Hannah" married to a Thomas Barks in Waterfall in the 1851 Census. I haven't found a marriage but in the 1861 Census she gives her place of birth as Sparrow Lee, Waterfall, which, I believe is the name of a farm. There are two "Hannah" christenings in 1787/1788 in Waterfall. If I were to travel to the Records Office is it likely that the christenings would record the address of the father of these children so that I would be better placed to koow Hannah's surname? Thanks for any advice/clues/directIon iven. Helen

<<snipped>> If I were to travel to the Records Office is it likely that the christenings would record the address of the father of these children so that I would be better placed to know Hannah's surname? <<snipped>> As Linda indicates, occupation and residence only appear as a matter of course on baptisms from 1813. Before that, it varies, but as a general rule, on average, taking the most typical examples, having regard to the vagaries of recording... (OK - you get the idea?) I'd say that you're unlikely to get a residence or occupation on those records. My own gut feeling is that at that time most places only added residence or occupation on baptisms where there were two fathers of the same name. And not always then... (In fact, count yourself lucky to get a mother's name!) You may, however, have struck on a parish that put these on as a matter of course - you'll never know until you look. However, before you look for baptisms, I'd go looking for marriages of Thomas Barks to any Hannah in North Staffs and the adjacent area. That may require a Record Office visit or two - I've no idea of the IGI coverage in that area for marriages. That will then give you a list of plausible candidates for your Hannah - with any luck, only one of those baptisms will appear in the list of marriages to the "right" husband. The other thing you should do - and again, this will be a RO visit - is to look for burials in the area of Hannahs. It is distinctly possible that you find that one of your two Hannahs didn't survive to adulthood and, on average (again!), I find there's a good chance that young children have their parents mentioned when buried. Adrian