This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2dWBAEB/149 Message Board Post: I am looking for Matthews parents, I think he was born in Elmore, Gloucestershire, England around 1837 but am unable to get a birth cert as there isn't one. His father may have been William. I am happy to research but cannot find anyway to look for this, have traweled through the 1851 census but sofar no luck and only have the 1881 census listing, need something before that, if anyone has any ideas, I would be grateful Annie