Mary (Molly) Lamb

[Poll]

Mary Lamb c1806 Radcliffe on Trent, daughter of Robert Lamb and Ann Foster.
married to James Upton.  Trying to find details of Lamb family, her brothers were the leaders in the Nottingham Corn Laws Riots in which Nottingham Castle was burned down and went into hiding for 2 years.

[Nessie]

Do you have names for her brothers?

[Poll]

No, Unfortunately, I know they went into hiding with her husband James Upton, and that they were friends of Bendigo the bare fist fighter.  According to family history they were quite famous in Nottingham for heckling political meetings and the like.
regards Poll

[Nessie]

The Corn Laws were repealed in 1846, but Nottingham Castle was burned down 10th October 1831.

[Poll]

Thanks, I have adjusted my message.

[Heather D]

Hi, just to say that extracted baptisms for Radcliffe are on the IGI and the children of John and Ann listed there are

Mary 26 Jan 1806
Elizabeth 18 Jan 1808
Sarah Ann 16 Jan 1810
Thomas 01 Mar 1812
Martha 21 Dec 1814
John 26 May 1816

Heather

[Poll]

Thanks Heather,

Just one thing what is the IGI?

I haven't been doing this long, so not sure of all the speak yet.

[Heather D]

Hi Poll,

no worries The IGI is the International Genealogical Index which can be found on familysearch.org under their "search for ancestors" button.

It consists of parish marriage and baptism entries for some parishes (though is by no means complete).

Another site I find useful is http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/

Which is another way in to the transcribed parish records on the IGI. Most usefully it tells you which years are covered for which parish.

The important thing to remember is that the IGI contains two main kinds of information

1. extracted records - here someone has transcribed actual parish records and they are pretty reliable

2. user submitted records - these have been submitted by individuals in the course of their own research. Some are accurate - some are pure fiction Best to take these user submitted records as a start point to prove or disprove.

That's why I stressed the Radcliffe baptisms I gave you were extracted records. Hope this helps!

Heather

[Poll]

Hi Heather,

Thanks very much

Poll