Spent the weekend looking at www.findmypast.co.uk for Bunker records. Alas, there was nothing new that we do not already have. Although some might think that new online data is actually new, they are just putting online documents that genealogists and historians have looked at for a hundred years or so. One new thing findmypast has is the actual images of many parish records. The fee is 90 pounds a year which I think translates to about $135 right now. With their free search you get very little information and it is not worth much. With the paid search the images are worth it. There were over 500 Bunkers listed before 1700. Strangely enough some of the records were typewritten lists from Massachusetts. When looking at records before 1900, suspect any typewritten records. While the typewriter was invented around 1850 or so, it was not regularly used until very close to 1900. Typewritten records from before 1900 are usually transcriptions of earlier handwritten records or indexes of them. You really want to see an image of the original handwritten record. Findmypast has images of the original parish record for the baptism of William Bunker of Nantucket and the marriage of his parents, George Bunker and Elizabeth Godfrey. We have already seen copies of these before. I could find no images of any other record for them or any record for George of Charlestown or James of NH. No one else has found any as yet either. I also did not find anything new on any of my mother's ancestors. Hers all have very common names and are much harder to sort out. The early 1900s historians looked at the original sources. No computers then. They seem to have found most of the original documents out there. However, we always keep looking. And the computer has made it a lot easier and cheaper to do so. No traveling involved any more. Let me know if any of you have found any new information or even information you think we might not have. Thanks. Bette

Bette, I looked for four individuals, not Bunkers, who emigrated from England to Canada in the early 19th C and found nothing. I've tried that site before with no luck. Carolyn On 3/9/2015 8:32 AM, Bette Bunker Richards via wrote: > Spent the weekend looking at www.findmypast.co.uk for Bunker records. > Alas, there was nothing new that we do not already have. Although some > might think that new online data is actually new, they are just putting > online documents that genealogists and historians have looked at for a > hundred years or so. One new thing findmypast has is the actual images of > many parish records. The fee is 90 pounds a year which I think translates > to about $135 right now. With their free search you get very little > information and it is not worth much. With the paid search the images are > worth it. There were over 500 Bunkers listed before 1700. Strangely > enough some of the records were typewritten lists from Massachusetts. > > When looking at records before 1900, suspect any typewritten records. > While the typewriter was invented around 1850 or so, it was not regularly > used until very close to 1900. Typewritten records from before 1900 are > usually transcriptions of earlier handwritten records or indexes of them. > You really want to see an image of the original handwritten record. > Findmypast has images of the original parish record for the baptism of > William Bunker of Nantucket and the marriage of his parents, George Bunker > and Elizabeth Godfrey. We have already seen copies of these before. I > could find no images of any other record for them or any record for George > of Charlestown or James of NH. No one else has found any as yet either. > > I also did not find anything new on any of my mother's ancestors. Hers all > have very common names and are much harder to sort out. The early 1900s > historians looked at the original sources. No computers then. They seem > to have found most of the original documents out there. However, we always > keep looking. And the computer has made it a lot easier and cheaper to do > so. No traveling involved any more. > > Let me know if any of you have found any new information or even > information you think we might not have. Thanks. > > Bette > ***************************** > If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >