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I have been looking for the baptism of my 5xG-Grandmother Sarah EMERSON and her siblings. I have dates and a possible location and wondered whether some wonderful person could check for me.
The location is St Mary Mellis parish registers.
The Baptisms are:
Sarah Emerson d/o Henry & Amy, 21 Jan 1732/3
Mary Emerson d/o Henry & Amy, 14 Dec 1735
Henry Emerson s/o Henry & Amy, 25 Dec 1737
Mary Emerson d/o Henry & Amy, 19 Mar 1738/9

Thanks to anyone who take the time to read this,

Sue in Sydney Australia

Hi,
I was wondering if someone would be able to double check an entry in the registers of St Clement, Ipswich.
The Suffolk Baptism Index has a baptism for "Tammy" Girling on 20 Nov 1806 with no indication of whether the child is a son or a daughter. I can find no further reference to a Tammy Girling (or any other related name) but a Samuel Girling is married in 1831 in St Clements, shortly after Tammy's brother Charles Girling. I wondered if someone could check whether "Tammy" was a transcription error for "Sammy".

Thanks in advance

Sue down under. 8-)

Hi,
As a long distance researcher I am dependent on Family History Library (FHL) films and the increasing number of digitised images online to check original entries. I like to record the County/Diocese archive reference number of the original document from which the image was taken.

Some of these can be located via the FHL catalogue or Access to Archives. Some counties have beautifully easy to use online catalogues. Some I find extremely hard to find. Consequently I was wondering whether there was a published listing available?

I know SoG are publishing a county by county "National Index of Parish Registers". Does any one know if they include this level of detail?

Sue down under 8-)

Hi,
In the FamilySearch indexes there is a listing for the baptism of Jane Fairweather d/o Thomas and Sarah, 1 Mar 1776 in the Sudbury ATs. She was almost certainly the daughter of Thomas Fairweather and Sarah Downing who married in Hadleigh on 30 Jul 1775. Both Thomas and Sarah stated that they were "OTP" so there is a strong possibility that Jane was baptized in Hadleigh.

Jane is my gggg-grandmother and has been a brick wall for over 5 years.

Would someone be kind enough to check the Hadleigh PRs to see if Jane was indeed baptized there. (Otherwise it's back to the drawing board.)

Thanks to anyone who reads this,

Sue Law 8-)

Thanks to all who take the time to read and possibly help with this request.

My ggggg-grandparents, William Oldfield and Frances Wood, were married in Doncaster St George, 1st January 1781 by licence. William was stated to be of Brodsworth and the couple baptised their first child there on 6 Jan 1782 before moving to London, William Snr having been baptised in Brodsworth 3 Oct 1756. No information is given as to the place of origin of Frances Wood and no age is given in her burial entry in London.

There is a Frances Wood baptised at Wath upon Dearne 23 Feb 1762. From other baptisms it seems that the family lived at the hamlet of Hoober. However there is also a burial of Frances Wood, age 20, on 5 Mar 1782 at Wentworth, a chapelry of Wath near Hoober which I think eliminates her.

Given that the marriage took place in Doncaster, there is a possibility that Frances was baptised there. Would anybody be able to check the Doncaster St George Baptisms for me. I'm afraid I can't specify the date any closer than probably between 1755 and 1765.

thanks again,

Sue down under