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hi janine, sorry the disc is all pre 1837, before bmd etc. have you looked on freebmd and yorkshirebmd. also the 1837 site should have them all on. what area are you looking for in w yorks ? sue.

Hi Sue Looking for any details on Acomb families in Nether Poppleton, in particular a marriage of James Acomb to Isabella (possibly Collier) c 1814, plus any baptisms or death records. It may overlap into Long Marston as well. Also, I have a marriage of John Cass to Mary Roundhill - May 1809 in Marton Cum Moxby according to IGI. Any help on these appreciated. Regards Pauline

PAULINE sorry no records for poppleton, as i dont know where it is, have given all entries for acomb i found. [ no john cass] allerton mauleverer/askham richard records . william fanfield <M> mary acomb 5/2/1723 jane acomb -baptised- dau of benj and elizth allen horbury 11/11/1809 mary augusta [baptized] dau of willm acomb [officer of exercise] and eliz his wife sorry, could find nothing else, sue.

Hi Sue Thanks for looking. Don't think any of those are mine sadly. Poppleton is about 4 miles NW of York according to the Genuki web site. Regards Pauline

Hi Sue Do you happen to have the records for Staincross, Leeds area, I am looking for Robert George Shillito born c1850. Hoping to find names of parents. Many thanks Rosemary

Hi Sue Do you have anything on Abraham Knapton born about 1782 in Leeds area, married to Catherine ?? . Also their son Charles born about 1819 in Leeds. Thanks .....Sheila

ROSEMARY is staincross in darton ? do you have any addresses, will have a look on the census. nothing on the parish records , they are all pre 1837. sue.

SHEILA i found 2. harewood baptisms 21/9/1788 abraham son of john and mary knapton of wescoe hill born. baptized 28/9/1788. otley baptisms 8/2/1746 abraham son of thomas knapton of otley [ labourer] hope this helps, sue.

hi andrea,some of the records cover bramley. sue.

Hi Sue Thanks for looking up my Knaptons. I'll try to check those two out. Sheila

SHEILA if yours are the harewood lot, all the family and siblings are all on the records ! marriages and baptisms ! sue. [ if you want to swap trees, would love to ! lol]

Will probably have a few requests but will start with this one. Looking for the marriage of John Manser Ann Whitteron abt 1780 in West Yorkshire. Don't know where specifically. Do you need this information? I know they had one son Joseph Manser born abt 1782 in Sherburn in elmet. Not sure if they had any other children. Thank you, Joanne

hiya sue..ahhhh need your help.i cannot for the life of me get beyond 1807.got to my grtx4 grandma(Susannah Binns.b Thornton 1807),think she may well have had five children all illigitimate so theres no hubby to find but need her parents..ive rang bradford archives but they have limited parish records all more or less pre 1780 so struggling to find my next piece of the puzzle..last got her on 1861 pinch beck age 54 unmarried with son sutcliffe leonard age 21(he's proved impossible to trace also)def know she had another son henry.b.thornton 1830c. I did receive another census from 1851 but i cannot be 100% sure its my susanna(spelling) but if it is there are more children hannah(1833)bernard(1840)and grace(1842)all born thornton.Can you help at all??please say your a miracle worker or im going to combust with fustration.any help would be amazing.thanks in advance.xx

Hi Sue Many thanks for looking I'll try and find out where Staincross is and maybe ask again sometime Rosemary

JOANNE sorry, couldnt find them , sue.

CHERIE, hi [you seem to be struggling like i am with william walker !] had a look on the vri, only thing i found that matched was- susanah binns, chr 1809 kirkburton f-jonas. m-susanah. ther is another one in huddersfield though. also found a lilly binns born 9/6/1879. f SUTCLIFFE {!} m alice ann. keighley, at temple street wesleyan methodist. so i had a look on the 1881 census disc. 12, holderness place, headingley cum burley. sutcliffe binns 27 b keighley alice ann 28 b keighley herbert s [son] 3 m b leeds joseph hartley[ visitor] 62 b keighley couldnt find lilly, so she might have died. dont know if you have any of this, will keep a look out for them, sue.

ROSEMARY russell ord knows of a staincross in the barnsley area , between mapplewell and royston. check on genuki. sue.

Sue,your a star!! thats sounding better.how acurate are the place of births?just ive been trying to find sutcliffe for ages but he wasnt born keighley def thornton as my family all stayed in and around there even til today.thanks again.x

hi cherie, is it the 1851 bit that you think is right ? because sutcliffe wasnt there though ? where and when do you think is the best place to look ? the other sutcliffe totally confused me. dont you think that is a wierd coincidence ? yours ARE as bad as mine ! lol sue.

Sue Thanks for looking anyway. Regards Joanne