Genealogy Chat

hi can anyone give me some advice . i have my great grandad james aspinall born 1850 in bolton lancashire in the 1861/71/81/ census but cant find anything before that. in the 1861 census he is living with his uncle and aunty and their family in bolton. i would love to find out what happenned to his mother and father. all this info is thanks to some wonderful people on here who are super stars and found this info for me. how do i go about finding him is there a 1851 census for bolton lancashire. ? where can i purchase it from. has anyone got it and would look for me. any help or advice would be great. how can i order a birth cert for him without more info? sorry if i dont get back to you till tonight but work calls. love linda x x

Well, if you look on freebmd, these are the possible births: Remember that freebmd is not fully transcribed so these may or may not be your guy. To order a certificate go to the GRO website and complete the details as shown here and pay £7online. Dec 1849 ASPINALL James Bolton 21 137 ASPINALL James *hal_ 22 127 ASPINALL James Bolton 21 165 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Births Mar 1850 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aspinall James Bolton 21 145 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Do you know when/who he married? Then you could buy the certificate for £7 and see who his father is and trace back that way. It is quite possible they both died and thats why he is with his uncle. Or if you decide the James in Bolton above is the likely one send for his birth certificate to get mum and dads names. You could then check them out and see whether there is any death records for them, buy their certificates and see how they died. You could also look for their marriage and see their fathers names and so on backwards. When you get prior to registration in 1837 you have to check parish records. If you are new to all this, it would be worth you reading the newbies information on this board or on the homepage. It would also be worth you taking a sub for ancestry which is only £55 for a year at the moment for 24/7 access to all the census 1861-1901 plus hopefully 1851 anytime now. If you want to buy a census, just google genealogy supplies for a list and the prices. Personally I would spend the money on an ancestry sub and wait for the 1851 to come up indexed already for you.

thanks heather what great advice. i am going to send off for his marriage cert, i never thought of that. DOH! thanks again for the advice love linda x x