Thank you so much for your help. I spent ages on the freebdmsite ancestry.com and the latter-day saints site, Thank you so much for what you have provided. I will look further using the information you have given me. Michelle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilyn" <lookups@dccnet.com> To: <bedford@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 1:09 AM Subject: Re: [BDF] (no subject)SMART/SKEVINGTON > Hi Michelle > > There is a probable marriage in the FreeBMD index > http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ in the Sep quarter of 1862 for > Luke SMART and Martha SKEVINGTON [marriage was > July/Aug/Sep]in the Wellingborough district. This districts > includes Bozeat. > The reference is > District Wellingborough > Volume 3b > Page 197 > With this reference and a credit card you can order a copy > of the marriage certificate on line at > http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ > > Also on FreeBMD is the birth registration of Emily > Skevington SMART in the June quarter of 1863. > Parents had 6 weeks to register a birth, so Emily should > have been born between late January and June. > District Wellingborough > Volume 3b > page 143 > > The family was in Bozeat at the time of the 1871 census > Luke SMART Head, Marr, age 32 shoe manufacturer born Bozeat > Martha SMART Wife, Marr, age 31 born Bozeat > Emily S. SMART dau age 7 born Bozeat > William SMART son age 3 born Bozeat > Walter SMART son age 1 born Bozeat > > The Northamptonshire Baptism Index has > Lucas SMART son of Lucas and Hannah of Bozeat > labourer 1838 7-Jan at Bozeat > and this one may be Martha > Martha Trusler SKEVINGTON dau of William Mary of > Bozeat lace buyer 1838 26-Aug at Bozeat > > The marriage certificate will include the names and > occupations of the fathers, so hopefully will confirm or > eliminate these baptisms. > > Marilyn > > Details of Northants marriage and other indexes > http://www.northants-familytree.net/ > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: bedford-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:bedford-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > Michelle Shipton >> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 5:00 AM >> To: BEDFORD@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [BDF] (no subject) >> >> >> I am trying to trace my Family History. I am a member of > the >> local Genealogy Society in Busselton W.A. and I was wonder > if >> you might be able to point me in the right direction. My >> great grandfather was John Charles Smith born on the 9 >> January 1860 in Bozeat and he married an Elizabeth Emily >> Skevington (Smart) born 24 May 1863. Emily's father was > Lucas >> Smart and he married Martha (Ann?)Skevington. She died on > the >> 15th January 1872. She is apparently buried in the > cemetery >> of a church in Bozeat. >> Are you able to help me out in any way. I would be most >> grateful as I have hit a brick wall and cannot go any >> further. My Grandmother passed away leaving a good bit of >> information but nothing before Lucas and Martha. >> >> John Charles Smith and Emily left from 15 North Street >> Leighton Buzzard to emigrate to Australia on the 21 > November >> 1913. John was a retailer He had a Boot and Shoe Shop. >> I am also tracking the family of Jesse Gardiner who > married a >> Jane Seymour(add to her name by herself) Butt they > emigrated >> to Australia on the Trusty in 1842. This is as I can get > here too. >> Thank you so much. Michelle >> >> >> >> The List Guidelines >> >> http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ >> >> The Bedfordshire Surnames List >> >> http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BEDFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message >> > > > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ > > The Bedfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEDFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Michelle, if you don't already have them try and get hold of maps showing which parishes are covered in which registration districts (for the registered BMD events after 1837) and to see where Bozeat, Leighton Buzzard etc are in relation to each other as you are dealing with areas very near county boundaries (which have changed over time). Bozeat is just up the road from Olney on the way to Wellingborough and in Northants while Olney is in Bucks and the border with Beds is also close by. Leighton Buzzard is in Beds but the Bucks border meanders nearby. HTIOH

Bozeat is covered at the Rushden, Northants website. http://www.rushdenheritage.co.uk/main-index.html Carole