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I am hoping someone located in Salt Lake City may be able to lookup a film that appears to have  not yet been digitised:

“Inscriptions in the churchyard of the parish church of West Hoathley in the county of Sussex” copied by J. Harvey Bloom in 1935 apparently from an original manuscript produced in 1875.

The film is located on the British B1 Floor
Film number: 2214197, Item 8
DGS 4428064

Within this document I am looking for the tombstone inscriptions of Fasham NAIRN (1731-1810) who was buried at West Hoathly on 3 Nov 1810 from Barnetts Place.

There are at least three people buried in the tomb:

1.   A Friend (possibly Charlottee NUNN, buried 16 Jul 1802) for whom Fasham NAIRN built the tomb
2.   Fasham NAIRN himself
3.   A 5 week old infant also named Fasham NAIRN who died 29th March 1823.

The tomb seems to have originally had three marble inscription tablets attached with metal pins to the two ends and one of the long sides.  Only one tablet survives – that of the elder Fasham Nairn - and is now illegible.  From an old photograph it read:

In this Tomb
Are deposited the Remains of
FASHAM NAIRN
Of Barnetts Place
In this parish [….]
Who died the [27th] day of Octr 1810
Aged […] [years]

If the document can be located and this tomb was recorded in 1875 there is a good chance all three inscriptions may still have been extant.  If so, and the third person is not Charlotte(e) NUNN, then could a search also be made for her inscription, if any.

Alternatively, if there is a way I can view this film from outside the United States, please let me know how.

I am hoping someone may be able to locate in the WSRO a manuscript:

“Inscriptions in the churchyard of the parish church of West Hoathley in the county of Sussex” copied by J. Harvey Bloom

The WSRO catalogue reference is:

Par 379/4/64
Notebook containing inscriptions in the churchyard, (contains no tombs later than 1870), copied 1935

The catalogue contains a second entry that seems to refer to this work:

MF 2056 in the Microfilm and Microfiche collection
Includes multiple churches including:
West Hoathly Par 379/4/64 c. 1875, Anon, Chyd

This seems to indicate the original document was produced in 1875 and copied in 1935 by J. Harvey Bloom.

Within this document I am looking for the tombstone inscriptions of Fasham NAIRN (1731-1810) who was buried at West Hoathly on 3 Nov 1810 from Barnetts Place.

There are at least three people buried in the tomb:

1.   A Friend (possibly Charlotte NUNN, buried 16 Jul 1802) for whom Fasham NAIRN built the tomb
2.   Fasham NAIRN himself
3.   A 5 week old infant also named Fasham NAIRN who died 29th March 1823.

The infant is the great great nephew of the elder Fasham Nairn.   There is a large wall monument to the infant inside St Margaret's church.  I have photos of this and the tomb in the churchyard.

The tomb seems to have originally had three marble inscription tablets attached with metal pins to the two ends and one of the long sides.  Only one tablet survives – that of the elder Fasham Nairn - and is now illegible.  From an old photograph it read:

In this Tomb
Are deposited the Remains of
FASHAM NAIRN
Of Barnetts Place
In this parish [….]
Who died the [27th] day of Octr 1810
Aged […] [years]

If the document can be located and this tomb was recorded in 1875 there is a good chance all three inscriptions may still have been extant.  If so, and the third person is not Charlotte NUNN, then could a search also be made for her inscription, if any.

There is a microfilm of the manuscript in the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, but it has not been digitised.

Thanks in anticipation.

I am looking for information on Mary Ann MARTIN who married Rev Thomas Tipping AVELING on 4 Nov 1795 at St George Bloomsbury.

According to a type set record of the TANQUERAY family printed in about 1899 Mary Ann MARTIN was born 1772 in Bengal.  The record was seen by another researcher sometime before 1992.  I wish to confirm exactly what the record says about Mary Ann Martin and if any source is given for the statement about her birthplace.

The connection between the Tanqueray and Aveling families is Thomas Tipping Aveling's first cousin Frances Elizabeth AVELING who married Rev Edward TANQUERAY in 1803 at Ridgmont Bedfordshire.

Has any Tanqueray/Aveling/Martin researcher seen this record?

The website to order post 1858 England and Wales wills has been down for over a week for "Essential Maintenance".   Last week there was a notice that it would be back up on 4 Feb 2022, but now it just has the essential maintenance notice.  Does anyone know what the problem is, and a possible resolution time-frame?

Two part request:

I have only recently become aware that The National Archives keeps original copies of PCC wills for more than just those of famous people.  I am looking for the original copy of a short will in PROB 10 for the will of James WOODS of Magdalen Street Saint Johns Bermondsey proved 12 May 1812.  The PCC clerk's copy is at PROB 11/1533 (between folio 412 and 413 - ie. the verso of 412).

1.  I need a copy of the signature to compare with a candidate marriage in 1798 at St Andrew Holborn; and

2. I would like to check a name in the will "my brother James Woods" about three quarters way through the 10 line will (in the PROB 11 copy).  I want confirm that the brother's name is indeed the same as that of the testator.

Any assistance much appreciated.