There are several WILLMORE (WILLMOR, WILLMER, WILMARE, WILMER, WILMORE) wills listed on the Buckinghamshire archives site at http://apps.buckscc.gov.uk/eforms/wills/search.aspx - especially in and around Padbury, e.g. at Preston Bisset. Worth checking. Even labourers sometimes left wills.You can get copies by post from Buckinghamshire archives. E-mail them (address on that page) with the references & they'll tell you if the wills you want can be copied, & what it'll cost. If you can't get at the original records, searches of the Bucks FHS databases should give you many of the records you seek. They transcribe the full record, which can have far more information than on the IGI - e.g. sit was common to state if a bride or groom was a widow or widower. http://www.bucksfhs.org.uk/ Populations of Bucks parishes in the 19th century (from the censuses - 1801 onwards) can be found at Genuki - http://met.open.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/BKM/ Padbury had 459 inhabitants according to the 1801 census, rising to 708 in 1831, & falling back to 439 by 1901. The Milton Keynes Heritage Association has put some North Bucks genealogical data online at http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/genealogy.html - nothing for Padbury, but some parishes are not too far away. You may find something useful. If you have questions about individuals, people here may be able to help. For example, some WILMORs are recorded in the 1798 Posse Comitatus. Paul marr794@aol.com wrote: > I have made a database using parish records for births and marriages, census data, and whatever I could find on Ancestry.com, etc. for my family, the Willmores (and variants) in Bucks, mostly in the 1800's. I have not looked for wills because the vast majority were poor laborers. Now, I want to add in parish records for deaths,?hoping to end up with?something of a mini one name study for the family so I can identify certain persons, but I am not doing well at matching individuals with their deaths. I assume that?some marriages will be second marriages, but?the family?repeatedly used the same first names for children and I can't seem to sort them out. > > I have a few specific questions, all about the 1800's: > > Were all marriages entered in the parish registers??I know that not?all births were and obviously?not all deaths were recorded. > > How many people lived in?Padbury in the early 1800's?? > > Were all marriages entered in parish records?in the 1700's? > > Does anyone have tips to share for identifying second marriages in the early 1800's? > > If I ever manage to come to some conclusions, I will share the data. > > Thanks, Ann Marr > ? > *************************************** > > BGS Website: http://www.bucksgs.org.uk/ > BFHS Website: http://www.bucksfhs.org.uk/ > Bucks Genuki Website: http://met.open.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/BKM/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BUCKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >