Hi, I’m having trouble finding the birth certificate for my Gt Gt Grandmother, Elizabeth Hirst. According to the 1851 census (and confirmed by later census’s) she was 6 years old so born in 1844/5. I can find one birth of the right name in Dec 1844 but it’s the wrong person (mother’s & father’s names are wrong). Her parents and siblings were all born in Liversedge/Cleckheaton and I have been looking in the Dewsbury records. Elizabeth however was born in Rastrick and I don’t know which district this would come under (or even why she was born there when the parents were living still in Liversedge). There are 2 possible births in 1845 listed under Huddersfield – does anyone know which district Rastrick would have been in at that time? Many thanks Ian

How about this one? John is of Kirk Moor Place, Huddersfield in 1845, and a weaver. I know it isn't a birth record in 1845, but the parents seem to match - unless I've got the wrong ones? You didn't tell us. Maggie West Yorkshire, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 about Elizabeth Hirst Name: Elizabeth Hirst Birth Date: 7 Mar 1839 Parish: Kirkheaton, St John The Baptist Baptism Date: 5 Jan 1845 Father's Name: John Hirst Mother's Name: Hannah Hirst -----Original Message----- From: Ian <ianbrooke@hotmail.com> To: Yorkshire List <WEST-RIDING-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:52 Subject: [WRY] Rastrick Hi, I’m having trouble finding the birth certificate for my Gt Gt Grandmother, Elizabeth Hirst. According to the 1851 census (and confirmed by later census’s) she was 6 years old so born in 1844/5. I can find one birth of the right name in Dec 1844 but it’s the wrong person (mother’s & father’s names are wrong). Her parents and siblings were all born in Liversedge/Cleckheaton and I have been looking in the Dewsbury records. Elizabeth however was born in Rastrick and I don’t know which district this would come under (or even why she was born there when the parents were living still in Liversedge). There are 2 possible births in 1845 listed under Huddersfield – does anyone know which district Rastrick would have been in at that time? Many thanks Ian Some useful websites - FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message