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chezzy

chezzy Report 15 Dec 2004 07:55

cant get past my grtx3 grandad all i have is a census from 1851 which i was sent..giving his dob around 1817 in cley hill,shropshire his name is joseph bytheway,found him on the 1881 census with wife mary b.oldbury and three of their children.both are born too soon for birth records,cant find their marriage and no idea how i trace parish records when ive only a place to go off?? any advice please,thanx.

Guinevere

Guinevere Report 15 Dec 2004 08:07

Hi, According to genuki the place is called Clee Hill. "CLEE, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of Munslow, in the county of Salop, 7 miles N.E. of Ludlow, its post town. It is situated under Brown Clee Hill and on Clee Brook. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Hereford, value £172, in the patronage of the Rev. H. T. Pelham, who is lord of the manor. The church, dedicated to St. Margaret, is an ancient structure." Unfortunately the LDS have only filmed the Methodist baptisms. The Anglican records will probably be in Shropshire record office, or maybe Hereford record office. The only thing I can think of is to hire a researcher to look for his baptism for you. The RO staff will do it but their charges can be very high. There are several Oldbuys in the LDS catalogue - which one do you mean? Hope this helps a little, Gwynne

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Lowestoft and North Suffolk, Monmouthshire, Breconshire, Somerset

chezzy

chezzy Report 15 Dec 2004 08:31

gywnne,thanks for that least i know roughly where i got to look now..couldnt tell ya which oldbury..must have forgotten to write where it was..gwtting sloppy in fustration.thanx again.x