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Hi Mika,

It seems as though we are looking at the same family, my Grt Grt Grt Grandad Edward Vale born c1790  & married to Louisa Tonks 1796 - 1841 .
When my cousin Michael Vale found out I was looking into our grandads family he sent me a rough copy of a family tree sent to him by a midlands family who had traced him through their family tree , I think the family name was Coulson or something similer, my connection is through my mother Marjory Eva Ballard, formerly Ray , nee Vale who is now deceased. We will have to compare notes & hopefully find out more information between us.

Cheers, Barbara Moffatt nee Ray

Thanks a lot Hugh for the info about Sheffield Indexers , I will investigate.

Barbara

I am trying to help a friend find her ancestors but she has very little to go on , the only things she knows is that the family name is Debelle , her mother lived in Heeley as a child in the early 1900's & she thinks they came from Sheffield .....anyone got any ideas where to start please as it would be much appreciated.

Thank you Shane for this info , I will give both links a try, I now know what people meant when I told them I was going to try to find my husbands Irish roots.......they said it was a minefield as a lot of records were lost !

Barbara

It is two years now since I first put this request on Roots Chat , as I have had no replys I thought I would bring it back to the top of the list to see if there is anybody out there now that can be of any help.

When the family lived in Sheffield, England they were known as Moffatt.

Thanks for looking.

Barbara.