Can not find any trace of Oxberry but suggest you try Braithwaites in Yorkshire or Cumbria as people did not tracvel too far in days of yore. John >From: "Pamela Studd" <Pandcstudd@tesco.net> >Reply-To: WGW-SURNAMES-SCOTLAND-L@rootsweb.com >To: WGW-SURNAMES-SCOTLAND-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: OXBERRY >Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 09:32:33 -0000 > >Dear Listers, > >This is my first message to this list. I have just discovered that my great >grandfather, JAMES OXBERRY was apparently born in Scotland about 1850-ish. >He puts this as his place of birth in the 1851 census. He later married >Ellen BRAITHWAITE of Thirsk. I have no idea whereabouts in Scotland he was >born, or the names of his parents. Can anyone give me a lead, please, I >would be most grateful. > >Regards to all, > >Pam Studd in Essex. > > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.