My Great Grandfather, named above was born in James Street, Clifton, Bristol on the 12 March 1863. Please would anyone have any information on his Baptism? David

On 16 Dec 2010 at 18:53, David Lindsell wrote: > My Great Grandfather, named above was born in James Street, Clifton, > Bristol on the 12 March 1863. Please would anyone have any information > on his Baptism? > It sounds as if you have his birth certificate, so what extra information would you expect to find from his baptism? If you don't in fact have his birth certificate, then you can obtain it and it will give his parents' names. They can also be found in the 1871 census in which there appears to be only one Frank LINDSELL, born 1863 at Bristol, and the family were living in Nottingham at the time. They appear to have moved about a bit, since one child was born in London, three in Bath, Frank in Bristol and one in Nottingham, so pinning down his baptism (if you really must know it) may not be easy. -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE

On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 18:53:58 -0000, David Lindsell <trained@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > My Great Grandfather, named above was born in James Street, Clifton, > Bristol on the 12 March 1863. > Please would anyone have any information on his Baptism? Hi David, As far as I know, there wasn't a James Street in Clifton, but Clifton may be the registration district on your great-grandfather's birth certificate. If it was the registration district, then a possible address might be James Street, which was once between Grosvenor Street and Ashley Road in Bristol. Three streets, which were parallel with James Street, are still there. They are William Street, Denbigh Street and Campbell Street. I say possible address because, although I know that James Street, near Grosvenor Road, was built by 1875, I don't know if it was there in 1863. If this is the right James Street, then a church where your great-grandfather could have been baptized could have been St. Barnabas, which was close by, at the junction of Ashley Road and City Road. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com