Hi Dianna, I have ordered numerous films to check what has been transcribed in other sources, and can well recommend everyone should do so. The films of the PRs can be a mine of information - or a huge disappointment. It depends on the vicar and how he kept his books. Some I've come across will just have the year at the top, then a list of children's names - no dates, no parents, nothing. Then others will give the child's name, birthdate, christening date, parents names with mother's maiden name, fathers occupation, names of siblings etc. You never know what you're going to find until you look. It is well worth checking the records for yourself as its the primary source, and you may find out such things as name and spelling may be different to what has been transcribed in other records, that he was a twin and the other didn't survive, or illegitimacy and the father's name, or that they weren't from the area and just passing through etc. Marriages and burials can also be a great source depending on what is recorded, especially for the period previous to registration in 1837. FreeREG hasn't transcribed baptisms for Foxton at this stage, but marriages and burials have been done. There is St Lawrence and the Wesleyan Chapel listed for Foxton. You may find the Non-Conformist Registers useful if they were Methodists - http://www.bmdregisters.co.uk/ The information on Familysearch.org (if that is where you found the information for Charles Star's baptism on 8 February 1835, parents John and Ann) shows the information was extracted from FHL British Film No 1040470, Batch C13813-2. This is for Baptisms (1696-1876), Marriages and Burials that took place in the Church of England, Parish Church, Foxton-Cambridgeshire. The C (batch no) denotes the information was taken from the parish registers themselves (so should be correct, other than for transcription errors) and are not patron submissions (notoriously incorrect). You would need to order in FHL British Film No 1040471 for his parents marriage if it took place in the same church. https://familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=205251&disp=Parish+registers+for+Foxton++ I noticed you have posted messages on Rootchat, and had a message that his parents were John STAR and Ann LOKER, married in Foxton in 1834. Cheers Trish Nowra NSW > I would like to find out if anyone on the list has ordered microfilms > from the LDS. I have never done this before and I was hoping to find out > what extra information maybe on these reels. > I would like to check the baptism of an ancestor of mine to see if his > mothers maiden surname maybe included on his baptism and what denomination > that the christening took place in (He was Methodist) Charles Star 08 Feb > 1835 Foxton, Cambridgeshire. > Any advice very much appreciated. Kind regards Dianna

Hi Trish Thanks so much, seems you have already answered one of my questions and yes I did find this information on Family Search. You mentioned the Church of England Parish. I'm just trying to check as many records as I can to get everything as perfect as possible as I have a little descrepancy with Charles Starr's marriage certificate to Maria J. Goody. I have just received this from the Presbyterian archives and Charles has his mum listed as Ann Wright not Loker, perhaps he thought that Wright was her surname, but I would like to check everything out where I can. A gentleman in Salt Lake is going to check Charles' baptism for me next Tuesday, so I'm happy about that. I have not found his parents marriage yet on the LDS site maybe not included there (not sure). They being John Star and Ann (Loker?) married in Cambridge in 1834. Ann would have been about 17 so maybe needed her parents permission to marry. Thanks so much for your reply and help as usual Trish kind regards Dianna