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Does anyone know what records exist for Somerset during the Civil War period and where they can be found? I'm assuming baptism, marriage and burial records might be incomplete but was thinking possibly army lists etc might exist somewhere?

Hi,

I've just found the burial record of an Yvonne Singleton age 3 weeks in 1949 (spelt incorrectly as Ivonne Singleton) in the dorset parish records on ancestry. It says at the top "burials in parish of Wool with East Burton (sp?), but doesn't give a church name - from what I've been able to figure, there's Coombe Keynes Church and Holy Rood, but I'm a bit confused over which was the parish church in 1949 and which one (if either of them) the burial would have taken place at.

Also, does anyone know of any existing info on burial plots etc for either church so I can attempt to locate the grave site? The child in question was my maternal grandmother's first daughter (named after her own sister who sadly died aged 13 a few years before) and no one in the family really knows a great deal about the situation as she was born and died before my grandmother married my grandfather.

Any help anyone can give would be much appreciated,
Anna x

Sorry for the very long absence - all family research has been on hold this year as life has been steaming along and I've been running to keep up! (Also had to change email address due to hacking, so haven't been receiving notifications  )

It's been so long since I looked at any of this that I'll need to dig out all my notes again ; looking forward to sorting through and talking again soon.

Anna

Hi,

I'm trying to locate a baptism record for an Emily Lambert born c.1816 in Barking, Suffolk. I haven't been able to find her in the Barking parish registers however, and was wondering if anyone who has a little more knowledge of the area could suggest any nearby parishes where she might have been baptised?

Thanks in advance,
Anna

I found the following interesting snippet while researching an Elaine Alice Lambert in my tree:

LAMBERT - Will Elaine Alice Lambert formerly living at 52 Brook Street Colchester Essex and last heard of in Colchester in 1945, or any person having knowledge of her present whereabouts communicate with Page, Ward and Daykin solicitors, 70 High Street, Colchester, Essex.

A handwritten note underneath says N.W 19/11/1961

Does anyone have any ideas on how I could follow this up? I've been unable to find a marriage or death record for Elaine, all I have is that she was born in 1900 in Essex.

Anna x