Damm, 

No mail today, so at a loose end until I find out the parents of the twins. Still the ONS don't seem to bad at sending thing out, so hopefully tomorrow.

I know our family tree from 1866 with the exception of Granny Wilkinson nee Kenyon. I have her on a 1891 census Elizabeth E Kenyon F aged 9 location Clayton le Moors. I can't seem to find the CRO number to obtain a birth certificate. I know she married Joseph Wilkinson in the late 1890s. Her parent are Henry and Ann Kenyon, Henry being born in Whalley reg district and Ann in Bury. Could anyone give me some clue as to how to find out  this information. I have spent hours searching, but to no avail.  I do pay to look at  the Ancestry  web site  but it just comes up with no record. Thanks for your time reading this

This is the only one I could find

Elizabeth E Kenyon
Year of Registration: 1866
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Blackburn
County: Lancashire
Volume: 8e
Page: 353

Thanks again Gloria

I am just looking again

 I have found her death recorded as 17/02/1947 at Staincliffe, Aged 75 which indicates she was born around 1872 and I have now found an E E Kenyon, JFM 1872  at Blackburn so I think I will send off for that certificate !!!

1871 he is a carter and living in Lower Barnes St

Name Age
Ann Kenyon 29
Henry Kenyon 31
Issabella Kenyon 1
Sarah Kenyon 9
Sharlot Kenyon 7
Thomas Kenyon 3

1881, still a carter, 5 Chapel St.

Name Age
Ann Kenyon 39
Charlotte Kenyon 17
Elizth.E. Kenyon 9
Henry Kenyon 41
Isabella Kenyon 11
Mary Kenyon 7
Richard Kenyon 2
Sarah Kenyon 19
Thomas Kenyon 12
William Kenyon 4

1861 living in Farm Yard, Clayton le Moors, carter, boarder with Henry Wilkinson.

Stop me if you have all this.

Done it and ordered,    BMD  Certificates for    Granny Wilkinson, nee Kenyon

Born 1872   Clayton le Moors.   Married 1894  Clayton le Moors.   Died 1947  Linton in Craven.

So another leg completed, fingers crossed  that I have spent another £21 on the correct people !!!!   Can anyone recommend a good site that I can build the tree on. I have paper everywhere that I now need to put in order !!!

Gloria,

How did you find that in 1861    boarding with Henry Wilkinson ???.

My Uncle who was killed in the 1914 war was also called  Royston Henry  Wilkinson  ??  I have his war record, he was killed  in action on the 31st May 1917 at Arras. He served with the

8th Battalion the East Lancashire Regiment. No trace of his body was found so he is named on the memorial at Arras. For some reason he is not named on the War Memorial in either Clayton le Moors or Gt Harwood.  I know he signed up in Gt Harwood so that's something to look at when I complete the tree !!!!!!!!

Frank,

I use Family Tree Maker which you can pick up at PC World.  It is very user friendly and I have had it running now since 1999 when I got swamped with bits of paper and totally confused.

Freebmd is not yet complete and if I can't find something there, I use www.1837online.co.uk but only when I have a pretty good idea of the year I am searching otherwise it does get expensive.

Also, the 1841 census rounded up or down.  If someone was aged 22 at the time of the census, they would probably be rounded down to 20 - or 23 up to 25.  And, some people weren't exactly sure of their year of birth.

Another good site : http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/findbykeyword.asp

And this one may carry some information http://www.dmm.org.uk/mindex.htm Although for Durham and North Yorkshire etc. you never know.

Have you got your uncles medal record card from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

Addictive - wait until you start wandering around all the graveyards in your area of research, clutching a dictafone and box brownie, wearing your new anorak!

It has been a fascinating journey for me triggered by inheriting a tablecloth from 1811 which had the name of an ancestor and the year woven into it.  It is a banqueting tablecloth and will shortly be donated to the Beamish museum as it originated in Northumberland.  The history I have learnt since I started researching my family tree has been a bi-product of this great adventure.

Thanks  Annie.

It is wonderful this sharing of information, and the help that's on offer is really something.

I do have my Uncles medal record Pte Henry Wilkinson, no11681  Victory medal and  15 Star I don't know what the 15 stands for probably France!!!   I also  have a letter from the War Graves Commission indintifying the bay that has his name on at Arras. Servicemen from the East  Lancashire Regiment are on Bay 6. The letter goes on to say 35000 soldiers lost without trace are listed on the memorial.  Once again thank for yours and Glorias help.

Hi Everbody,

Quick question "When you see a capital  A  in the left hand columm of a census page what does it mean ??. Also If I want to ask a general question  which forum should I use rather than mess up this one  !!!

They usually put the number of the schedule there, not the house number, but the number of the group they were doing---hope that makes sense. Would have thought if it was an A, some clever bod has decided to do letters instead of numbers. Think I am right on that.

Depends what type of general question----weather, sport, jokes all seem to be on the general chat-------but it matters not a jot on here if you get it wrong, put it on here, no doubt someone will say where it should be...