Hi, what a whirl of info that was. I did see another Goodman, occupation blacksmith, on one of the censuses but that was in another county. I wish I could remember where I saw this. It may not mean anything although occupations did tend to run in families. However, it was a different first name, peter or something similar, therefore it didn't seem to belong to Rickmansworth James's own children. If my cousin can get info re date of birth for Mary Goodman and any other personal info, that means such info would also be available for Ellen. I went to Watford library today and asked about burial registers on microfilm. Apparently Rickmansworth library have now sent their microfilms to Watford. Unfortunately the burials for Rickmansworth only go up to 1885. I then looked at Watford, as I am not sure under which parish Catherine would be buried, having died in Watford. On their microfilm under the year 1894 there is very few names and most are just lists of surnames with no other info. Lots of blank pages etc., not a very complete list at all. I rang HALS and the person I spoke with mentioned that the Rickmansworth burial register for that period is on microfilm, she seemed a bit unsure about the flood info re the actual registers. I have tried ordering the info on line hoping that the burial info is under Rickmansworth registers. Bearing in mind also that I didn't even have exact burial date or place, therefore fingers crossed.
