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How would I find the parents of John Thomas born in c1791 in Herefordshire. He married Sarah Jenkins in 1827. Her father was John Jenkins born 1768.
Where do you look before the census records? If possible I would like to go further back.

spouse: Sarah Jinkins
Name John Thomas
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Spouse's Name Sarah Jinkins
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Event Date 22 Feb 1827
Event Place Coddington,Hereford,England
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number M14580-1
System Origin England-ODM
GS Film number 992141
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Familysearch.org is a free site to look up records before 1837 but not all records are onthere and with a name like John Thomas it is quite common so coudl'nt be absolutely sure but there is this.

John Thomas

International Genealogical Index (IGI)

christening: 27 February 1791 St Michaels, Sutton, Herefordshire, England


father: John Thomas
mother: Ann Hodges

For ref.


1841 England Census about John Thomas
Name: John Thomas
Age: 50
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1791
Gender: Male
Where born: Herefordshire, England

Civil Parish: Coddington
Hundred: Radlow
County/Island: Herefordshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation: Ag Labourer

Registration District: Ledbury
Sub-registration District: Ledbury
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 424
Book: 8
Folio: 5
Page Number: 5
Household Members:
Name Age
John Thomas 50
Sarah Thomas 35
William Thomas 14
Edward Thomas 6
Hannah Thomas 4
Abel Thomas 2

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Thank you all for the information. Sorry I couldn't reply straight away
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Where can I look to try to research for myself before asking for help - I do look on free bmd and believe me I am VERY grateful for all of you who do the lookups but if I could try first then I wouldn't feel like I was taking the easy route by asking you lovely people.

With the names of Thomas and Baker in the family - searching is obviously difficult at times so thank you for all the help the community has given me in the past, present ........ and the future as I know I will need more look ups.

:-D :-D

As you probably know, if you are looking for a BMD before Sep 1837 you have to revert to Parish Records. Not all have been transcribed and up loaded onto the internet, and not all people went through the various ceremonies.

Reggie has given you one free link
https://familysearch.org/

Another is http://www.freereg.org.uk/ which is also part of the FreeBMD family.

Make an internet search for 'parish records' and the area of interest as well as 'on-line parish clerks' and the county name.

Hi,

Thank you for the link, Reggie, I have got myself registered on family search.org now , thank you for the other link too...+++ DetEcTive+++

I'll have a look on the Parish records now
( I've been walking the dog and ' fighting' my grandchldren for my time on the computer so apologies for not replying sooner)

Thank you again - not forgetting Mel Fairy Godmother 's help too.