May I send a big thank you to everyone who has so kindly helped me and paved the way for me. I have learnt 3 new things One) I am rubbish at Geography, or as Jean put it "geographically challenged". Two) I never knew that you could gain so much more information from a census page just by clicking on the ED Number as Jenny explained. Three) There are so many knowledgeable people out there who are more than pleased to pass this knowledge on. Again a big thank you to you all Kind Regards Sue  ________________________________ From: Jenny De Angelis <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, 21 February, 2010 0:19:24 Subject: Re: [WRY] Help please with Scholes Not a stupid question at all, we all had to start somewhere. A search of the 1901 census for Harold Laycock living in Yorkshire born 2yrs either side of 1901 with a father called Joseph brings up just one result, this shows the mother as Annie, so I assume this is the family you mean in your message. The 1901 census entry shows son Harold born at Cleckheaton Yorkshire. The family are living at Cleckheaton at the time and the top of the census page shows that this is in the Urban District of Scholes.  The ref. for this census entry is RG13 piece 471 folio 109 page 10. Looking at the page giving the description of the Enumeration District which is No. 7,  this shows that the Registration District is North Bierley, Sub District Cleckheaton. If you look at the census image on the Ancestry site at the top you will see it says Cleckheaton District 7, you can click on that District 7 which will take you to the description of the Enumerators walk that he took around District 7 collecting the completed census schedules from the householders. The heading on these description pages shows the Registration district etc., for that area. Searching on Free BMD for a birth of Harold Laycock in North Bierley Reg. District betwee 1895 and 1905 shows the most likely birth for your Harold. Sept. Qtr 1900 Harold Laycock North Bierley REg. District volume 9b page 152. Harold is shown in the 1901 census entry as age 8months, which would be about right if he was born between July -September 1900 and the census was taken on 5th April 1901 then he would between 7-9months old by the time of the census, dependant on the month he had been born during that September Quarter of 1900. Is it in the 1911 census that you have found him with his birth place shown as Scholes? Hope this helpt to get you on your way with Harold Laycock. Regards Jenny DeAngelis Spain. <<I am new to this list so please bear with me if I seem to ask a stupd question. Is Scholes part of the West Riding? I am searching for the birth of Harold Laycock born about 1901. Cenus returns show his birthplace as Scholes. His father was Joseph and his mother Annie(maiden name unknown as yet) . There are a lot of Harold Laycocks in Yorkshire and I need to narrow it down a little to be able to find his birth record.>> Some useful websites - FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

HI Sue, Why not buy something like a road map of Britain. I have one that only cost a few pounds it is in book form by the AA & was sold by a supermarket chain a few years ago. Have a look for something like that. I find this book of road maps helps to find where places are so that I can then begin to look back in time in the right area. You can also buy copies of old ordnance survey maps which also help to show you where places are or were, some small villages will probably have disappeared over time. Other places will have been absorbed into large areas too as time has gone by. There is a company that sells reproduction ordnance survey maps, google for Alan Godfrey maps. Use the Genuki website at www.genuki.org.uk to find your way about the UK. This site is specifically for Genealogy/Family History in the UK the names is made up from GENealogy UK & Ireland. It is set out by country then by county and each county page has a link at the top to the Towns and Parishes within that county and also a link at the top of the page for further information on that County where you will find links to all sorts of subjects to do with your research. You will find links to maps too on the genuki site. All very useful and you will probably want to bookmark this site for future use as you will want to keep coming back to it for more help and inspiration on where to look next. Regards Jenny DeAngelis Spain. <<One) I am rubbish at Geography, or as Jean put it "geographically challenged". Two) I never knew that you could gain so much more information from a census page just by clicking on the ED Number as Jenny explained. Three) There are so many knowledgeable people out there who are more than pleased to pass this knowledge on>>

Hi Jenny Thank you so much for all that info. I have realised that my Geography is not that bad, it is my understanding of Parishes that is the problem.I know my own local ones, so why not other ones? Your email has inspired me. We are never too oold to learn! Thanks again Sue By the way, good luck in your research ________________________________ From: Jenny De Angelis <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, 22 February, 2010 10:03:30 Subject: Re: [WRY] Help please with Scholes HI Sue, Why not buy something like a road map of Britain.  I have one that only cost a few pounds it is in book form by the AA & was sold by a supermarket chain a few years ago.  Have a look for something like that.    I find this book of road maps helps to find where places are so that I can then begin to look back in time in the right area. You can also buy copies of old ordnance survey maps which also help to show you where places are or were, some small villages will probably have disappeared over time. Other places will have been absorbed into large areas too as time has gone by. There is a company that sells reproduction ordnance survey maps, google for Alan Godfrey maps. Use the Genuki website at www.genuki.org.uk to find your way about the UK. This site is specifically for Genealogy/Family History in the UK the names is made up from GENealogy UK & Ireland.  It is set out by country then by county and each county page has a link at the top to the Towns and Parishes within that county and also a link at the top of the page for further information on that County where you will find links to all sorts of subjects to do with your research.  You will find links to maps too on the genuki site. All very useful and you will probably want to bookmark this site for future use as you will want to keep coming back to it for more help and inspiration on where to look next. Regards Jenny DeAngelis Spain. <<One) I am rubbish at Geography, or as Jean put it "geographically challenged". Two) I never knew that you could gain so much more information from a census page just by clicking on the ED Number as Jenny explained. Three) There are so many knowledgeable people out there who are more than pleased to pass this knowledge on>> Some useful websites - FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message