Vana and Phil: Oldbury also had lots of nonconformist churches at this time. Surviving registers are at Sandwell Archives. Some of them are much more informative than CofE registers, eg Oldbury Wesleyan Methodist includes parents of those buried, even if elderly adults! Paul Prescott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Lamb" <pjlamb@btinternet.com> To: <CANAL-PEOPLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 9:13 PM Subject: Re: [CANAL-PEOPLE] Intro. MILLWARD & MEEK > Vana, > If Sarah was born in Oldbury, she could well have been baptised at > Christ Church Oldbury. This is smack in the middle of the town. > Have you an LDS library / research centre near to were you live? If so > you will be able to see the filmed parish register and get a photocopy. Have > you picked up any info from the 1841 census, you should get a street name in > Oldbury from this. > Smethwick is one of the next door parishes and a bit bigger than > Oldbury. It has a few more churches or chapels were this marraige might have > taken place. If boatees then they wouldn't have strayed far from the cut to > get to a church. Have you been able to look at the 1871 census ? > > Phil in Hales Owen > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vana Fessler <vanafessler@charter.net> > To: CANAL-PEOPLE-L@rootsweb.com <CANAL-PEOPLE-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 03 April 2002 02:22 > Subject: [CANAL-PEOPLE] Intro. MILLWARD & MEEK > > > >Hello from Washington State USA, > > > >I recently found that my g.g.grandparents John MEEK and Nancy MILLWARD were > >boat people born abt. 1820 (+/-). Their daughter was Sarah MEEK b. 1841 > >at Oldbury. Sarah married Joseph COOPER of Smethwick in 1871 and > >immigrated to US abt. 1872. > > > >I am so happy to find your list and learn what it meant to be a canal > >person. I look forward to some discovery. > > > >Vana Fessler > > > > > ==== CANAL-PEOPLE Mailing List ==== > Have you tried? > C J Genealogical Collections > Web Page http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Oldbury CE baptisms have been transcribed and the transcripts are available in the Genealogical sections of the larger public libraries (e.g. I found a transcript in Bristol) But they are not in the IGI MY White and Turner ancesors were canal workers based in Oldbury in the late 18th/early 19th Centuries. Any coonections out there? Ros -----Original Message----- From: Catherine Prescott [mailto:paul.prescott@tesco.net] Sent: 11 April 2002 21:56 To: CANAL-PEOPLE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CANAL-PEOPLE] Intro. MILLWARD & MEEK Vana and Phil: Oldbury also had lots of nonconformist churches at this time. Surviving registers are at Sandwell Archives. Some of them are much more informative than CofE registers, eg Oldbury Wesleyan Methodist includes parents of those buried, even if elderly adults! Paul Prescott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Lamb" <pjlamb@btinternet.com> To: <CANAL-PEOPLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 9:13 PM Subject: Re: [CANAL-PEOPLE] Intro. MILLWARD & MEEK > Vana, > If Sarah was born in Oldbury, she could well have been baptised at > Christ Church Oldbury. This is smack in the middle of the town. > Have you an LDS library / research centre near to were you live? If so > you will be able to see the filmed parish register and get a photocopy. Have > you picked up any info from the 1841 census, you should get a street name in > Oldbury from this. > Smethwick is one of the next door parishes and a bit bigger than > Oldbury. It has a few more churches or chapels were this marraige might have > taken place. If boatees then they wouldn't have strayed far from the cut to > get to a church. Have you been able to look at the 1871 census ? > > Phil in Hales Owen > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vana Fessler <vanafessler@charter.net> > To: CANAL-PEOPLE-L@rootsweb.com <CANAL-PEOPLE-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 03 April 2002 02:22 > Subject: [CANAL-PEOPLE] Intro. MILLWARD & MEEK > > > >Hello from Washington State USA, > > > >I recently found that my g.g.grandparents John MEEK and Nancy MILLWARD were > >boat people born abt. 1820 (+/-). Their daughter was Sarah MEEK b. 1841 > >at Oldbury. Sarah married Joseph COOPER of Smethwick in 1871 and > >immigrated to US abt. 1872. > > > >I am so happy to find your list and learn what it meant to be a canal > >person. I look forward to some discovery. > > > >Vana Fessler > > > > > ==== CANAL-PEOPLE Mailing List ==== > Have you tried? > C J Genealogical Collections > Web Page http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > ==== CANAL-PEOPLE Mailing List ==== C J Genealogical Collections Web Page http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237