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Westmorland Lookup Requests / Re: Kendal record office lookup please
« on: Tuesday 03 February 15 17:59 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you all again for your helpful comments and suggestions.  I actually live in Preston so that is the obvious place to go.  I looked at a transcription of the parish registers at Kendal first and then at the Bishop's Transcript films there.  The suggestion about a post-mortem baptism is an interesting one and so I think I need to widen the date period.  What excited me about this reference is that the original date 1794 fits exactly with the suggested date of Emanuel Hutchinson as given in the 19th century censuses.  I also agree that the name 'Theobalds' (with an s) is probably the name of his father, as it is the surname version.  We shall see!  Many thanks for your interest.

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Westmorland Lookup Requests / Re: Kendal record office lookup please
« on: Monday 02 February 15 19:04 GMT (UK)  »
AndyCand
I have done as you suggested and clicked on the link you gave me (many thanks for that).  The particular film number refers to 'draft baptisms'.  Have you any idea what this means?

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Westmorland Lookup Requests / Re: Kendal record office lookup please
« on: Monday 02 February 15 18:55 GMT (UK)  »
I really am most grateful for the interest you are showing in my problem, and for the advice which you are offering me.  I shall try to follow up some of these ideas and see where it gets me.  Thank you all very much.
In relation to the staff at Kendal - I have to say that in the past they have been very helpful, but on this last occasion they didn't live up to their previous reputation.  Maybe I didn't explain my problem clearly enough to them.

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Westmorland Lookup Requests / Re: Kendal record office lookup please
« on: Sunday 01 February 15 11:27 GMT (UK)  »
Re: staff at Kendal record office.
I didn't find them particularly helpful, I have to say.  For one thing, they didn't have an uptodate copy of Familysearch, so they couldn't check the copy I was showing them.  I found it rather unsatisfactory.

Do you have any other suggestions for finding this baptism - or did it not take place, and was merely made up by a member of the LDS church?  I find this hard to believe, but I am stumped.

I am actually seeking the birth/baptism of my ggggrandfather, Emanuel Theobalds HUTCHINSON, who lived his life in Leck, Lancashire (not far from Kirkby Lonsdale), and this is the nearest I have go to him.  I am wondering if this child, Emanuel Theobalds WILKINSON, was actually him and was adopted by someone in the Hutchinson family and took their family name.  Do you think this is feasible?  I have found a marriage at Tunstall(parish including Leck) between Edward Hutchinson and Elizabeth Wilkinson, so there is a family connection.  What do you think?

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Westmorland Lookup Requests / Re: Kendal record office lookup please
« on: Saturday 31 January 15 17:18 GMT (UK)  »
It was just this record that I couldn't find.  It mystified me because it seemed to have so much detail and wasn't a record that just came from someone's family tree (e.g. date given as 'about').  I expected to go straight to the record.  It was most frustrating!  I thought someone else with more experience than me might be able to find it.  Thanks for your interest!

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Westmorland Lookup Requests / Kendal record office lookup please
« on: Friday 30 January 15 10:20 GMT (UK)  »
According to Familysearch, Emmanuel Theobalds Wilkinson was born to Mary Wilkinson and the baptism was registered at Kirkby Lonsdale. Christening date is given as 13 September 1794.  I have looked at the registers at Kendal but been unable to find this baptism.  Perhaps I am looking in the wrong place!  I wonder if someone more familiar with the records than I am would be kind enough to have a go at finding this baptism - it may break down a long-standing brick wall for me!  Is it possible that the baptism took place at one of the satellite churches?  I would be most grateful if someone could have a go for me - I live some distance from Kendal and I have had two fruitless journeys so for.  Many thanks

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Emmanuel Hutchinson of Leck - origins?
« on: Wednesday 16 April 14 20:22 BST (UK)  »
Thanks again for your interest.  I did look at written and printed transcripts.  To be honest, I expected to find the reference there straightaway, and was taken aback when I couldn't find it.  I searched over the whole decade for all the sub-parishes I mentioned and there wasn't a single Emmanuel anywhere.  It did occur to me that the reference might have been omitted from the transcripts, but that seemed to me such a coincidence that it was unlikely.  I confess that I was extremely disappointed.  My wife and I decided to have a chocolate at the Kendal Chocolate House to console ourselves!  I suppose the only thing left now is to visit the Family History Centre at Chorley.  I have visited it once before, years ago.  They were certainly very helpful.  This won't happen for a while, though, because we will be away on holiday for a bit.  Anyway, here's hoping!  Thanks again.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Emmanuel Hutchinson of Leck - origins?
« on: Tuesday 15 April 14 19:27 BST (UK)  »
Galium

I have today checked all the transcripts for the parishes round Kirkby Lonsdale, including Firbank, Killington, Mansergh and Hutton Roof.  No trace of a baptism for Emmanuel Theobalds Wilkinson (or Hutchinson).  I am completely mystified by this.  It looks as if this individual is a hopeful fabrication by someone who doesn't in fact know the details, but as I said before, I can't understand why the reference should be so detailed.  By the way, I live in Preston, so it isn't that far to Kendal and it is a nice place to visit, so I don't so much! However, it is very frustrating no being able to find an Emmanuel.  Have you got any further ideas on this?

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Graveyards and Gravestones / Re: Flaybrick cemetery Birkenhead
« on: Sunday 13 April 14 17:49 BST (UK)  »
Neptune,
I am most grateful to you for your efforts on my behalf.  Thanks very much

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