Some Osbornes in that locality were non-conformists. I suggest that you check Wattisham Baptist church in case there are some records of your family there - I know that an Elizabeth Osborne was baptised there on 8 August 1789. Wishing you every success in your researches Giles Colchester, Researching COLCHESTER family, any spelling, any time, any place And PACKARD in Suffolk Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 19:15:21 -0400 From: Phil White <pwgrandmapa@comcast.net> Subject: [SFK-UK] OSBORNE To: suffolk@rootsweb.com Hi Folks, I am working on the OSBORNE family of which my nephew in New Zealand is a part and as far back as I have got to the present, with the great help from 2 members of this list. I am unable to move back any further, so I am hoping to get some help here once again The couple I am interested in is Robert Osborne and his wife Lydia, living in the vicinity of Stow and later, Old Newton I have not found a marriage record so do not know the wife's surname, but the couple had several children Robert OSBORNE 1812, George OSBORNE 1814, Samuel OSBORNE 1817, Eliza OSBORNE 1821, Sarah OSBORNE 1826, John OSBORNE 1828, Mary Ann OSBORNE 1834 I am hoping someone can help me. In a previous email to this list I explained I was creating an Excell spread sheet of the O*SBO*RN* family in Suffolk by location ( Parish). The source of the entries was the old IGI Fiche and the spread sheet contains some 3000 entries, to which I will add as I find them by searching on line via Ancestry.com and Family search. If anyone would like a copy I would be happy to email you one, so contact me directly Philip H. White in New Hampshire USA, Roots in Sussex and IOW