I would like info on any BOWNE in Yorkshire born(all years) married died in Yorkshire esp census and marriage records I would like to find a living BOWNE residing in Yorkshire thanks I will help with Seattle state of Washington USA Audrey Bowne Seattle acbowne1@yahoo.com

Hi Audrey A simple search on Ancestry for BOWNE and keyword Yorkshire unsurprisingly finds many hits I would suggest either subscribing or visiting an LDS FHS who may have access to one or both of Ancestry or Findmypast If you can narrow it down a little to places and or years perhaps we can help more but on such sparse information I would say there are just to many to pass on Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) I would like info on any BOWNE in Yorkshire born(all years) married died in Yorkshire esp census and marriage records I would like to find a living BOWNE residing in Yorkshire thanks I will help with Seattle state of Washington USA Audrey Bowne Seattle

From: Audrey Bowne <acbowne1@yahoo.com> > I would like info on any BOWNE in Yorkshire born(all years) married > died in Yorkshire esp census and marriage records > I would like to find a living BOWNE residing in Yorkshire > thanks > I will help with Seattle state of Washington USA > Audrey Bowne > Seattle < Not asking a lot, are you? Are you doing a one-name study or do you really want information on a particular Bowne family, in which case I suggest you post the details? You can surely examine the censuses yourself online and also look at all the Bowne entries in Yorkshire at FreeBMD, but this could take some considerable time. With the greatest respect, you can do this yourself as easily as anyone else can. Just to show my willingness, I can tell you that in the 1911 censuses there were 11 Bownes in Yorkshire, 13 in 1901, 15 in 1891 and none at all in 1881. Check FreeBMD for all Bowne entries in Yorkshire; however, you would need to enter all three Ridings - which, as I said, could be a considerable research exercise. As for living Bownes in Yorkshire today, I can tell you that my (now well out-of-date) CD of the UK electoral registers for 2003 shows entries in Scarborough, Barnsley and Doncaster. Again, you can check these out for yourself by going to: http://www.thephonebook.bt.com and also checking the current electoral registers at: http://www.192.com/people/electoral-roll/?gkw=192+com+electoral+roll But if, as I suspect, you are seeking a particular family, then why not say so? I would also point out that the name BOWNE lies itself wide open to possible mistranscriptions of the surname BROWNE. Then you are into deep waters! Good luck. -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE

Audrey, You have to work back from known to unknown. List down your parents and grandparents and look for possible arrivals from UK. You might find hundreds of BOWNE entries on all the normal sites, but without working through them methodically, you will have no idea which are yours and which are just namesakes. Try searching for Bowne on FreeBMD. There's hundreds. And not only in Yorkshire If you get stuck, post specifics to the list. Peter Booth (Sydney)