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Hi
I’m trying to track down a copy of this history ‘The Fothergills, a 1st History’ and also, a ‘2nd History’. Author Richard Fothergill. The second one was published 2001. I can’t find any references to copies of the first. The second is available online for £150 😨
Nothing found in my local library. But I’m in Devon, England. So there may be copies in Westmorland and/or Yorkshire libraries, but Worldcat doesn’t show them.
I have about five lines of Fothergills from Yorkshire and Westmorland, which I think must connect somewhere.. and probably back to Ravenstonedale. But struggling to find comprehensive records. R’dale transcripts are online at FindMyPast, but I can’t make the search facility work. If indeed it is properly searchable.
Looked at the local Ravenstonedale online sites too.
Any help appreciated.
Thanks
Jane

No rush.. the gravestones aren’t going anywhere.. we hope.
Freezing here too.. was snowing earlier. Definitely the time Tom stay home and warm!

I’ve found a lot of burial registers for Liverpool online now.. my Mum had family there for a while. So after being introduced to the Southport ones, I went looking. Quite a few online. So found a few more ancestors burials.

Hi Gibel.
Totally with you on the cold.. I have never known it this cold in Devon.. the bird bath has been frozen solid for days and was -9C with wind chill yesterday. I haven't been out either except to feed the birds.

I've found another way to get to the set in which these odd records are kept.  Go to all Record Sets, Type 'Burials' into the top box, filter by England, Lancashire. That brings up 15 record sets. Scroll down and you will see next to last entry 'England & Wales, Closed Cemeteries Burials & Re-Interments'

But you would normally use the 'Browse' facility by going to 'All record sets, then type in the name of a County, eg 'Lancashshire'. That brings up 12 record sets. The top three are Lancashire Banns & Marriages, Lancashire Baptisms, Lancashire Burials. I always use this way of getting to the Parish I want if I am looking for a baptism, burial or marriage and I roughly know the date. But, sometimes, I just want to browse through the Registers of a Parish. Scroll down a bit and you will see, fourth one down, 'Lancashire Parish Registers Browse'. I usually leave the year and register type blank, then put in a parish name.. eg North Meols, St Cuthbert. If you start typing, FindMyPast finds the exact set. Select it, the you will see 'View 22 Results' Those are all the Registers for North Meols that FindMyPast hold.

Hope that helps.
Jane

Thank you! Yes.. horrible here too.. I’ve spent the day researching what happened to Frederick’s widow, Isabell Robinson. I couldn’t find a burial for her. Turns out she remarried a Nicholas Johnson, who died in 1914 and is buried with Frederick.. that’s fun for them.
She emigrated to Canada with her daughter also Isabella, and died there in 1942 aged 84.
If you have any Devon relatives, let me know.. I know the records here quite well.