good morning joanne -   contact eve mclaughlin at .
she is on, it seems, every british rootsweb list there is.  i've found her on
GENBRIT and OXFORDSHIRE-L.  there is a mailing list in great britian for every
county (shire), just like there is in this country.  you can find all of the
mailing lists at sites.rootsweb.com.  happy hunting.

julie thames howell, jax, fla

Joanne Harley wrote:

 Can anyone on this illustrious list suggest a way, short of subscribing to
> every single mail list in the U.K., I might try to find the birth place of a
> man who I know was born in England in 1745 according to his Rev. War Service
> records.  His name was John Donaldson.  Someone told me to check the
> Yorkshire area.  I did.  Found nothing.  How does one find one individual
> birth record in a parish with so many parishes and so many churches.  It was
> overwhelming when I started looking at all of the churches.  His wife's name
> was Sarah.  I do not know where she was from.  I have not found them coming
> over on any ship, yet!  He was in SC in 1775.
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Joanne H.
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