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Just a note to add to the recent reply.

Absent Voters lists for the town may be held in the Local History section of the library( as they are in my locale)  or in the local archives.

If your not local a google search for them and a quick email may help your search.

I've transcribed my local Absent Voters and part of the Roll of Honour - someone may have done this or even put some of the info on a web site

Carol

I would first try the local papers, you would be surprised how much detail could be involved in one article.

Criminal records are closed for 100 years but there may be other information available for open access at the local archives or library.

But give the papers a try first - with being an estate agent, auctioneer etc., he would have had some standing in the area and as we know, someone having bad luck sells more papers than someones good luck !!

I hope you have good luck when looking for him

Carol

Yes you were given the correct churches but these would not have been around when your John died, escept Stanley.
The churches that were in the town and surrounding areas were -

All Saints with its burial ground a stones throw from Eastmoor.

St John's   beyond All Saints and I don't think an option

or

St Jame's near the park.

or Stanley St Peter as you already know, but this is further away than any of the others

I personally would start with the All Saints.  The registers will be with the archives or on film at the library, but if you are not local try your nearest LDS and they will surely get the films/ fiche for you

Happy hunting

Carol

Hi Mary,

regarding you running two computers with your family tree on.

I've the normal pc and a laptop that I take to my cousins and share info.

I find it quite simple to keep them both up to date - I do a gedcom each time I update info.  Keeping the main gedcom on the pc and copying that  to a floppy or 'stick' to put on the laptop and then visa versa.  Gedcom from the laptop and save on disc or 'stick'.

Easy when you've done it a couple of times.

I've just been doing my cousins husbands line and had one programme open with 3 databases open at the same time and today must have done more gedcoms and backups  than enough just to make sure that when I imported/ copied/ or included info, I still had a true family tree.

Woh  betied anyone that interupts when this is happening - but who said doing your family tree was easy and it certainly is not boring.

You probably do this anyway, but just incase

regards

Carol

Thanks,

I've scoured the census and drawn a blank, my only excuse is that I was relying on a computer based search

--- well thats my excuse,


It dosn't help when every census they change their place of birth

thanks again

Carol