Genealogy Chat

hi......i`m trying to find some missing relations from my family tree......thomas oakes b 1818 in neston ,cheshire.......i know his father was DANIEL OAKES b 1782 in backford cheshire........his mother was ELIZABETH OAKES B ABT 1782......i would like to find out ELIZABETHS maiden name,and also,did daniel and elizabeth have any other children??.......also DANIELS father was ..RALPH OAKES B 1754 ...ralphs wife was MARY OAKES..would like to find out marys maiden name.....they had 3 children,all babtised in st oswalds church,backford,cheshire elizabeth 1776 peter 1779 and DANIEL1782..........can anyone suggest how i can find the maiden names of elizabeth and mary???.....regards...allan

The only way I know of is to search the parish reecords for the marriage Gwynne

Have you tried looking on the IGI? If you have and they are not on there, you will need to find the marriage in the parish records. Sam x

thanks for your replies.......i visited st oswalds church,backford,cheshire 3 weeks ago,and the vicar told me that they don`t keep the records from that far back in the church...i presume i will have to go to chester???...if so,how exactly do i research these matters....will i have to do a seperate visit for each request....i will need the marriage of daniel oakes abt 1815.....the marriage of ralph oakes abt 1775(i don`t even know if they were married in cheshire...i do know their 3 children were babtised in st oswalds,backford,cheshire) and any other babtisms of any other children of daniel and elizabeth......regards.....allan

Hi Allan The parish records will be held at Cheshire Records Office in Chester and will most likely be on microfiche. You will most likely need to book a fiche reader at the Records Office and the staff will show you where the films are and how to use them if you've not used one before. You oonly need to visit once, you know the church so they shouldn't be that diffiult to find. Unfortunately they are not indexed so it is a case of trawling through very old, faded and sometimes unreadable, records. If they weren't married in that particular church it will be more difficult as it could be anywhere! Very often couples married in the Bride's parish, did Mary come from there? Sam x

hi sam....some good news......i`ve found a brother william b 1822 and a sister mary b 1820.......also found thomas birth....he was b 09/03/1817........and not 1818 as i thought.....all thru www.csc site.......thanks.....allan

Hi A quick question, what is the scs site? Ann

hi ann......i`ve pm`d you....its a good site,but a bit complicated......regards...allan

Hi Allan Could you let me know about this site too please? Thanks Chris

to chris and jacky......i`ve pm`d you with site details.....for anyone else reseaching cheshire bmd`s ...go to www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~cprdb then click on DATABASE.....the rest is a straight forward....when you get a number next to the name,ie woods thomas 7920623 put a(1) in front....1792 year 06 month 23 day..thus 23/06/1792.......if you get stuck,pm me...regards....allan