Could I be gypsy

[iluleah]

Then go to the local records office located in Winchester and research as all the real records are there and you are local
https://www.ltvas.org.uk/useful-links

[yeahyeah121212]

Do you know if these are your great grandparents?

Marriages September quarter 1945
Margery S   Hillier    Romsey    2c   287   
Arthur N Webb    Romsey    2c   287

Oooh, just quickly, could you please go back on Margery S Hillier's family. Thanks

[hallmark]

I just went to

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/

and hit Sign in

filled in details and Password , got Free Account which gave my 10 days free trial!

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Thank you, as I cannot seem to do this, and access much in terms of records on the internet, would you be able to search up a William Webb, married Mary Pragnel 1738 and was possibly born 1720, due to a record I have found of a birth in romsey at that time, which would make sense with the marriage time. I would like to know who William's father was please. Thank you.

I can't as my free Trial ended years ago... it is something you'd need to check during your free trial

[heywood]

Do you know if these are your great grandparents?

Marriages September quarter 1945
Margery S   Hillier    Romsey    2c   287   
Arthur N Webb    Romsey    2c   287

Oooh, just quickly, could you please go back on Margery S Hillier's family. Thanks

You have a new thread here with advice
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=797915.msg6550494#msg6550494

[Rena]

One certainty about your family is that in the 11th century when William the Conqueror decreed that everyone had to choose a surname, your ancestor chose a surname to describe his occupation. 

WEBB:  Name Meaning. English and Scottish: occupational name for a weaver,
early Middle English webbe, from Old English webba (a primary derivative of wefan 'to weave'.

Unfortunately it doesn't describe if he specialised in any particular material such as

1) weaving cloth from wool, or weaving linen cloth from flax grown in fields.
2) weaving willow or hazel wood to make boats (such as coracles); all types of baskets; wicker furniture;fencing; even wickermen (wicker man was a large wicker statue reportedly used by the ancient Druids (priests of Celtic