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thank you both very helpful info :) have a wonderful christmas x

1841 census 649-06/5 South Willingham James FOX 50 AgLab Mariah 50 Charles 25 AgLab Mary 20 Edward 15 All born in Lincs Ages may be rounded DOWN to nearest 5. Charles bap 11 Feb 1815 Edward 18 Dec 1825 Mary 20 Dec 1818 William 15 Aug 1816 all baptised at S Willingham The marriage with Maria BUTTON 11 April 1814 at South Willingham seems likely - 10 months before the baptism of Charles. James FOX is not a particularly common name in Lincs.

Maria I have had a quick look on the IGI and the marriage of James fox to Maria Button is recorded on there - I assume this is where you got the info from? The marriage is an extracted record - that means its from an actual Parish Register, so fairly likely to be right. You can go to your nearest LDSFamily History Centre and order this film to view. As the LDS have filmed the marriage register, they will almost certainly have filmed the baptism register and you can order this to view as well. I don't know if anyone has transcribed these records on-line -(other than the LDS, of course!) have you looked on UKBMD for Lincolnshire, scroll down and look at the links on the righthand side of the page - there may be something useful there. Olde Crone

am trying to find more details about my ggggrandfathers father poss called james fox poss born in South Willingham, Lincoln, England (this will be before 1826 as this is when my ggggrandfather edward was born) his wife may have been maria button b. 1805 but i cant be sure. If anyone could help it would be much appriciated Thank you x

Maria First useable National Census was 1841 - there were censuses before this but they were merely headcounts and of no use to the Family Historian. However, there are lots (?) of odd censuses taken in odd sorts of places - usually by the Church, and it is really a question of just digging around till you find something. As for civil records - well, there were none before 1837 and you will have to look at Parish Registers before this date. Try the Familysearch Site (LDS?IGI) as they have filmed many - but not all - Parish Registers. You need to check any info for yourself, but its a good place to start. In addition, many areas have transcribed various Parish Records and again, its a question of finding them - tell us who you are looking for, when and where, someone is bound to know if there are any transcribed records. Olde Crone

thank you both

To my knowledge no. Census is from 1801-1901 so far. And 1841-1901 mention names. According to births parish records are your first port of call and from 1837 onwards Civil registration Steve

Hi Maria! Have you tried the familysearch.org website? They cover the early BMDs and its free! Census were not taken that early on! Kim

does anyone know if there are census or birth records from late 1700's to early 1800's available to view online? Have been searcing for ages in vain. Thankyou