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It is a rather old post but just thought I would let you know I have done quite a lot of research about the emigration scheme to Paraguay that Billiatt was involved in - my greatgrandfather was one of the emigrants. You can find further details at https://www.canninghouse.org/canning-insights/the-lincolnshire-famers-in-paraguay and at https://lfparaguay.wordpress.com/. I definitely know that William Billiatt left Buenos Aires in early June 1873 and his wife and daughters were still in Paraguay in Novemebr 1873. Do you know when they finally got back?

Regards

Mary

Rosie

You may remember my request about parish records for Worth as I could not find the ones before 1722. Last night I was trying to find further details on Richard Read, a tailor from Worth married to my 7th great grandfather's sister. This is what I found, "The old register book of Worth, which probably went back to 1559, was destroyed by one Richard READ, the clerk there who judging it to be “out of date”, and being a tailor by trade cut the parchment into slips for measures! (info from book “The Memorials of Eastry”, reprinted in KFHS Journal Dec 1994)" (http://www.kenthistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=10156.0(http://www.kenthistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=10156.0). So it's one of my relatives who has complicated the research for me!

Mary

Many thanks, Rosie. I've managed to find Tyler's Index on Ancestry and gradually finding the information.

Mary

May be you should try and contact the Leach family directly, they still appear to be active. See http://www.lanacion.com.ar/830442-en-jujuy-pero-con-aire-ingles. It's an article about a hotel (also a farm), may be if you find the hotel e-mail you can contact them. They may be able to tell you where past records may be.

Mary