Liz wrote: > When I came up to the bunfight with Jane in September we spent some > considerable time looking for Norton Hawkfield...we found it at dusk, well > we almost went through it before we saw it! It is just a hamlet which > didn't help Jane. > > Jane was Jane KINGSTON and was looking for her descendants in and around > North Somerset and Bristol areas. > > Her grandfather was John KINGSTON b. 1872 in Norton Hawkfield he married > Hannah Mary BOWYER from Winterbourne at Holy Trinity Church, Bristol on 08 > Jun 1900. > > Her great grandfather was William KINGSTON b. 1829 (or thereabouts) Chew > Magna who married Ann ROGERS. > > They had at least 8 children all born in Norton Hawkfield all born between > 1854 - 1872 and we would like to find their baptisms. But so far no luck. > Which parish would they have been baptised in as they lived in Norton > Hawkfield? Chew Magna according to a document in the Heritage Centre online catalogue. You've obviously found the births, no problem. > Sometimes the name was spelt KINGSTONE or KINGTON. I've tried to find > baptisms for that area but they don't appear to be transcribed. Does anyone > have access to them please. Since you can't find any transcriptions, it sounds like the Heritage Centre is going to be the only place. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/