Sandhurst christening - WILLIAM HOPE - help please!

[newbie]

I'm off to the Berks Record Office tomorrow and you are first on my list, sorry for delay
Newbie

[newbie]

Hi,
I went to the BRO (forgot it was the Reading Festival!!!)
Your look up:
William HOPE b Sandhurst c 1797
T/R 378 - BRO ref. Sandhurst St.Michael.
"The records have been subject to water damage and are not to be produced"  a copy was allowed to be made once only of the damaged records and some of these have been transcribed.

I looked for 1771-1794 in the transcribed copies with the original photocopies on  opposite page, I'm surprised they have been able to transcribe as much as they have, the damage is quite severe. No HOPE's listed.
1795 - pages no transcription badly damaged.

Checked    T/R 220 B.T.'s  - missing 1771-1793.
1794 - 1810 checked - no HOPE's listed.
Also checked the copies of the damaged records  1795-1800
No HOPE's listed (as far as I could see).

so maybe it's SANDHURST Gloucestershire?
Newbie

[acorngen]

I would guess the next step would be to cross examine everything you found with the Bishops Transcripts for that area.  They may well just fill in any gaps.  Also if there are damaged registers it is possible that the person he is looking for is now lost in that damage. 

I would now try the BT's and try and prove what it is from a different angle such as wills

Rob