Hi Gwyneth, re: "I am wondering if anyone can date this please. There are 3 pages of people in Tamworth, so if anyone would like me to check for their ancestors please let me know." Isaac Slater published Directories of Staffordshire in 1850 & 1863 He also published in 1852 'Slater's Classified Directory of the Manufacturing District Fifteen Miles around Birmingham, including Worcester and the Potteries' which includes many Staffordshire towns. I compiled a (hopefully) complete list of Staffordshire directories on GENUKI at: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/Dir/index.html If anyone spots one I've missed please let me know. (Directories specific to individual towns are listed on the relevent parish pages) Cheers Mike -- Maintainer of the Staffordshire GENUKI pages at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/index.html Willenhall Indexes and Staffs look Up Exchange at http://freespace.virgin.net/willen.hall/index.html