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Krista

Krista Report 2 Oct 2007 10:47

can anyone tell me if i am going to find any more info at the record office than i have managed to find by having access to all the available online census and BMD records. The name i am looking for is very rare, to the point where there are only 3 listed in 1881,5 in 1891 and 10 in 1901 but i know that the parents of the 3 listed in 1881 were alive and living in Lincolnshire in 1860-70s but can find no BMD or census info for them at all, even after many hours of trawling all the handwritten BMD records on ancestry. I have however, found parish records of people with that surname from a bit further back. I was thinking they had come in from abroad but am now rethinking that, after reading in an account of a relitive who moved to America that he was born and raised here and after finding the other people i have mentioned. Is it going to be worth my time going and spending 2 days in seperate record offices, 500 miles away from where i live, or will i just find what i have already???

Julie

Julie Report 2 Oct 2007 10:50

might be worth seeing if someone will go to the Recorrds Office for you.
Plenty of people on here are willing to do Look Ups. What records offices are you meaning?

Krista

Krista Report 2 Oct 2007 10:58

Lincolnshire and Nottingham. I am hopefully going to Notts soon anyway to visit family but don't have long down there and don't get down often, so 2 days is a lot of my time out of just over a week. I'm happy to spend the days there if i know they will bring me more info than i've found already.

SydneyDi

SydneyDi Report 2 Oct 2007 11:13

You could email the Records Offices and ask if they have anything which might be useful to you.

Have you looked for baptisms in the IGI , even after civil registration started ?

Sometimes the records in the IGI continue on until the 20th century, depends on the register itself. Most people baptised their children after civil registration started.

Have you looked at the Historical Directories on-line ? They might give some clues for you.


Diane

Julie

Julie Report 2 Oct 2007 11:16

Theres a Judy on Page 2 offering Noots look ups. She could probably help you or tell you whats there

Chris in Sussex

Chris in Sussex Report 2 Oct 2007 11:23

Have you tried A2A for the surname?

http://www.a2a.org.uk/

The search may throw up details of any records, which include the name, available around the country.

Chris

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Krista

Krista Report 2 Oct 2007 20:19

Thanks all for the replies, i will mail the records office and look up the sites and see what they give me. I've never heard of a2a or historical directories online so thats some more useful links, many thanks.

krista