I should contact the Wilts Family History Society society@wiltshirefhs.co.uk Include your postal address with your email. There is a website wiltshirefhs.co.uk Hope this helps. I used to live in Devizes but can't remember what Bartholomew House was. It may have been connected to the County Asylum where all sorts of handicapped people were as well as those who were mentally unstable. Steph -----Original Message----- From: Margaret Murray [mailto:megmurray@lineone.net] Sent: 03 July 2005 15:49 To: WESSEX-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WSX] ELLEN My great grandmother's sister was called Eliza ELLEN and in 1881 she was living at Old Park (Bartholomew House) Devizes, Wilts. The census gives no clue as to occupation and as she was blind she may not have had one. Does anybody have any idea what this place was? Also, if anyone has the 1871 census for Devizes I would be interested to know if Eliza was at the same address. All the evidence indicates that she was born in 1831 in Andover, Hants but her father was born in Devizes and the family did live there from time to time. The 1881 census suggests that she was born in 1825 but there is no other evidence to support this. Any help on the above would be very welcome. Meg, W. Sussex -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.8/37 - Release Date: 01/07/2005 ==== WESSEX-PLUS Mailing List ==== Genealogy isn't just for Christmas it's for all the year round and beyond into future years and future generations