I had already looked at the gro.gov search the birth, as they were romany gypsies they didnt always register the births that early, although my gt gt grandparents Mathias and Eliza did register one child in 1847. That is the right couple, my gt grandfather married Patience Smith in 1872 in Poynings with his fathers sister Genty and husband James Hazelgrove as witnesses. I did a search on rootschat and realised I had already asked the same question in 2006 with no replies! I know all about my my family, just wanted to verify the actual baptism as it gives a different mothers maiden name for my gt gt grandmother Eliza. I just might have to go to Reading to look at the registers. Ive looked online to see if any Winkfield baptism registers are available to buy but cannot find any, not even Berkshire family history society have them for sale. Find my past has the burials but nothing else. Looks like I will just have to do it the old way that I used to do since 1972, trudge around the records offices!
