Thanks Peter I had know about this,but forgotten now i have book marked. regards Josie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Booth" <pbo08596@bigpond.net.au> To: <bedford@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 5:25 PM Subject: Re: [BDF] Butterfields > Josie, > > Are you familiar with batch searching? > > One way to do it is to find the christening of George and click on the > batch number. When it goes back to the search screen, just search on the > surname Butterfield. If you look into each result, you will find that all > except the very bottom one has a father John. So, it's a reasonable > assumption that George had 13 siblings. > > A better way is to use the Hugh Wallis Batch site > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers.htm#Menu > ( if you ever forget just Google Hugh Wallis) > > This shows all batch records by County / Town / Era. So you can see if > any records are available for Shillington, the period the cover and which > batch they're in. Then just click on the batch number and search by > surname > alone (or other single criteria). > > For parents searches, leave first name and last name blank and just > complete father's given name and surname, mother's given name and event, > date and region as required. > > Unfortunately, these early records only had father's name so parent > search won't work here, but is an essential tool for researchers. > > Pulloxhill christenings go from 1553-1875. Marriage go from 1571-1812. > Shillington covers a similar period but Butterfield records only start > with > George's marriage. > > It will take an hour or more to complete and follow up subsequent > events. If you get stuck, post another message. But it's a good learning > experience. > > Peter in Sydney > > > > > > > > > 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