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« on: Thursday 10 March 11 11:06 GMT (UK) »
Hi SandyMC,
I've found that record for George Swarbrick from St. Michael's on Wyre. I thought that I might have been onto something. However, after some digging in Lancs record office it turned out not to be an ancestor!
I've been in touch with someone on ancestry.co.uk who suggests that a George Swarbrick of Kirkham, Lancs was 14 in the 1767 Returns of Papists.
I know from parish records that George Swarbrick and Mary Kitchen (Swarbrick) were the parents of John Swarbrick (1783-1826). It's just a question of finding the right George!
There's a copy of the Returns of Papists in Birmingham Central Library so I plan to visit. It would be helpful to get an index/series number to narrow my search to Lancashire.
Cheers,
Sam