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Just to rule out this baptism for a Rhoda Robinson, it states posthumus.
23 Feb 1812 at Burton Overy - parents George & Alice

Hi:)
Thank you so much for checking that out for me, it's very kind of you.

The only other Rhoda I found that could be a contender was baptised the same time as her sisters in 1813 when she was three. Her sister Mariah was 8, Martha was 6 and Rhoda was 3 at the time. This was in Wollaston Northamptonshire. The parents were John and Elizabeth Robinson.
I have no idea if this is my Rhoda.

Thanks again:)

I am hoping that someone might be able to help me with finding the names of the parents of Rebecca Morris born about 1789 in Caldecott, Rutland.  On the IGI her mother was listed as Elizabeth Morris - no father was mentioned.  It could be that Rebecca was born out of wedlock or that her father's name was Morris.  Any information that possibly might be found in Parish Records would be great.

Hi
I have the parish records from Caldecott if you are still looking for info. I know this is an old thread, and you probably have already got the information that you need, but I thought that if you were still looking I have the records..
My ancestor was Jonas Morris, the son born out of wedlock to Elizabeth Morris and Thomas Weston in 1797. I believe that your Rebecca Morris may also have been born out of wedlock to Elizabeth Morris and if they are the same Elizabeth Morris, then she could be Jonas's sister.  I don't know who Rebecca's father was, as his name wasn't listed on the parish records, but Thomas Weston was named as the father of Jonas in the parish records. I don't know if Elizabeth Morris was her married name or her maiden name when she had her children, so Rebecca could be legitimate, but I don't know for certain either way. It would be very unusual for the father to have not been named, if her birth was legitimate. Thomas Weston was married to Frances Smith and they had at least nine other children together both before and after Elizabeth had given birth to Jonas and Rebecca. 

Elizabeth's Surname was mis transcribed...if that is a correct word?? And is recorded as Elizabeth Norris for the birth of Jonas, which might explain some confusion. These Morrises are a tricky bunch to pin down as they all have the same first names, but with Jonas being a bit more of an unusual name, it has made it a bit easier to track down.

An odd thing is that there is another Morris lady who also had a child out of wedlock around the same time. That was also noted in the Parish records, whereas Rebecca's father wasn't.
Anyway, let me know if you want me to check the records for you, its been a while since I looked at the disc.

Best wishes

They've given some of your Scandinavian genes to me, for I now have 33% Scandinavian, whereas before I just had 5% Finland and Northern Siberia. I have 11% Iberia, and most interesting of all, 3% Sephardic Jewish. Not bad for a boy from an east-coast Scottish fishing village. I would like to see how they work out these results.

Harry

Not bad at all
With your post, you have just reminded me that I have also lost my 13% Southern Europe. How sad. Paella for dinner then.
My Gedmatch still shows Basque and Iberian, so maybe it has something to do with the people we match with on FTDNA?.

It's a mystery.

Hello all:)

Well, it's all change at FTDNA. I logged in today and they have updated their myorigin pages.

After all the Scandinavia talk, it appears that I have lost most of my Scandihooligans!! ( as Skoosh calls them )

I've gone from 45% Scandinavian down to 17% and 46% is now Western and Central Europe.
Great Britain is now lower too at 34% and I've gone from 98% to 97% European with 2% traces each of Central Asia, South America? and Eastern Europe.

The descriptions of each region has changed too. I'm am basically reading it as, if we are European, we will be a differing mixture of all of these. Mongrels basically. I am fine with that, although I expect there will be more shifts over time.

It's good that they are getting more data though.
I shall mourn my lost Scandi's with a smoked salmon sarnie at lunch time.

Have a lovely day

I think I brought up Scandinavian-sounding names earlier.

Some branches of my family tree in North & East Yorkshire also seem to bear Scandinavian-sounding names.

Among these are Brigg, Haigh, Askwith, Crowson, Ustenson, Tordoff, etc.

Ustenson and Tordoff sound really Scandinavian:)