Genealogy Chat

Hi I have come across very few maiden names of the mothers on baptism records. If you search for a marriage in the same parish you might be able to link up the right people, by searching the baptisms backwards from the one you know until you find the 1st child, then look for the possible marriage of the parents sandra

My 3x gt grandfather James was christened in St Leonards, Shoreditch in 1807, according to the IGI on Family Search It has his father as John Longhurst and mother as Sarah. I am trying to find a marriage for them but there are several John and Sarahs. The only census they are on is 1841 and has a no as to born in County. If I search the parish records for his christening would there be any more info than that on IGI. Many thanks Marie

The only time I have found the maiden name of the mother is when the child is illegitimate. Were there any other children?

I haven't found any other children that tie up. James must have been the first as she was about 20. John was 15 years older than her.

Non conformist registers very often DO give the maiden name of the mother. Parish registers sometimes do, but mostly don't. The exception is deaths of children, which often have the full names of both parents (in my experience). OC

Varies by date, diocese and church warden/vicar. Always give full information before and after the years in which I am interested. In one set the baptism record did not indicate whether the mother and father were married as mother's maiden name was quoted in full. And then you get the smart alecs who show off and put everything into Latin! And the funny where in the middle of the baptisms the vicar wrote a long tirade about the money he had spent on doing up the vicarage with no compensation from the diocese which had appointed him. A couple of pages later and the warden (?) had used the best part of a page to practise writing. Very good for social history as it gave the daily rates of pay of painters, tilers and joiners. Not what I was looking for!! Clive

Marie As people have already said, C of E registers vary according to how much information the vicar chose to include. RC baptismal registers almost always include the mother's maiden name - 95%+ of the time, in my experience. Amanda

HI Marie This baptism is smack bang in the Bishop Barrington period... and usually.. and I state usually the vicars all stated who the Father was, where he was from,, who the mother was and where she was from.. and even sometimes who the wife was the daughter of... plus the Birth and baptism date... Might be worth getting in touch with the relevant records office or seeing if someone is visiting it.. Mo

I'm transcribing for Free Reg and the Norfolk parish I am transcribing does on the whole give the mother's maiden name in the early 1800's period anyway. Cheers, Horatia