This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MichaelCharlesWight Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/15228.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, I am curious why a Yorkshire boy was born in Cambridgeshire. Could it be his father was a student at the University at the time? Have you checked the Cambridge University Alumni Register for the possibility his father was at the University when he was born? To check that possibility you will need to access the reference "Alumni Cantabrigienses" for the years in question and see what Wright men were in attendance and from whence they came. You are looking for a Wright man from Yorkshire, would be my bet. This resource should be available at any good genealogical library or LDS Family research center near you, or can be purchased on a CD entitled "Cambridge University Alumni: 1261-1900". It is available from Amazon.com and cost about $30. I would try that and see what falls out. That is where I found my immigrant father in 1624 and his father in 1583 and his first cousin in 1644. The alumni registers of both Cambridge and Oxford universities are a great resource and often overlooked because we tend to think our ancestors were not that highly educated. That is not true, especially if there was a tendency in your ancestor family to associate with church activities. Those males with a religious inclination were more likely than not in those days to have acquired some university training at either Oxford or Cambridge. Money was seldom an obstacle to attendance as both universities issued permits for poor students to legally solicit donations from the public (that is, beg)in the local communities. I was actually at the Milton st. library in Cambridge today (the main library is closed for renovation) and could have looked this up for you if I had known. Unfortuanately, I have to move along to another place this weekend and will not be back to Cambridgeshire in the forseeable future. Good luck with your search. Hope you get as lucky as I was. Mike Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.