Hello Blaine, This Philip might fit the bill. Brixton 5th Oct 1769 was baptised Philip the son of Philip SAUNDERS Plymstock Philip SAUNDERS married 1 Jun 1792 Damaris Watts WOODMAN Philip SAUNDERS married 12 May 1761 to Ann LANG [N] There might be something in those Notes, so you need to look at this marriage entry , the Devon Record Office will send you a copy of this entry for a small fee. Holbeton Phillip SANDERS married Susannah RANDEL 29 Apr 1800 [with Notes] Regards Bev -------------------------------------------------- From: "Blaine Sanders" <utvairs@yahoo.com> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 1:55 AM To: <devon@rootsweb.com> Subject: [DEV] Finding the impossible > My ggg-grandfather, Philip Sanders (b. 1769, m. Elizabeth Vaie/Vail, > resided in Yealmpton), has a father. Trouble is, my relatives have been > looking for him for decades. I'm still new at geneological research. I've > looked in all the available parish registers for that area that I have > access to, and I'm coming up with nothing. Then it dawned on me this > morning, "what if he was just a simple rural farmer who didn't care much > for religion and never went to church... or even to town for that matter?" > > If that were the case, and he wasn't a member of a parish, he probably > would have been buried on his farm without a headstone. > > My questions are thus: Is it known whether all the extent parish registers > for the Yealmton parish(s?) been transcribed/indexed and searchable? If > so, where can they be searched (besides familysearch.org)? If not > searchable, are there microfiches that can be looked at? If not > microfiches, are there people in the Yealmpton area that are > willing/allowed to search for family names in the actual registers? > > Most geneology resources I come across are far too expensive for me to > make use of. I'm somewhat at a loss as to how to proceed. Any help would > be appreciated. > > Thank you, > Blaine Sanders > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2247 / Virus Database: 3629/6355 - Release Date: 11/21/13 > >
Thank you Bev! The first Philip you listed as christened 5th Oct 1769 at Brixton is a very likely match to my Philip, in which case his father, Philip likely lived around Brixton. That gives me a name and a lead on location. May I ask from which source(s) you obtained this information? Thank you so much! Blaine On Thursday, November 21, 2013 1:36 PM, B. Edmonds <beverley@yourisp.com.au> wrote: Hello Blaine, This Philip might fit the bill. Brixton 5th Oct 1769 was baptised Philip the son of Philip SAUNDERS Plymstock Philip SAUNDERS married 1 Jun 1792 Damaris Watts WOODMAN Philip SAUNDERS married 12 May 1761 to Ann LANG [N] There might be something in those Notes, so you need to look at this marriage entry , the Devon Record Office will send you a copy of this entry for a small fee. Holbeton Phillip SANDERS married Susannah RANDEL 29 Apr 1800 [with Notes] Regards Bev -------------------------------------------------- From: "Blaine Sanders" <utvairs@yahoo.com> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 1:55 AM To: <devon@rootsweb.com> Subject: [DEV] Finding the impossible > My ggg-grandfather, Philip Sanders (b. 1769, m. Elizabeth Vaie/Vail, > resided in Yealmpton), has a father. Trouble is, my relatives have been > looking for him for decades. I'm still new at geneological research. I've > looked in all the available parish registers for that area that I have > access to, and I'm coming up with nothing. Then it dawned on me this > morning, "what if he was just a simple rural farmer who didn't care much > for religion and never went to church... or even to town for that matter?" > > If that were the case, and he wasn't a member of a parish, he probably > would have been buried on his farm without a headstone. > > My questions are thus: Is it known whether all the extent parish registers > for the Yealmton parish(s?) been transcribed/indexed and searchable? If > so, where can they be searched (besides familysearch.org)? If not > searchable, are there microfiches that can be looked at? If not > microfiches, are there people in the Yealmpton area that are > willing/allowed to search for family names in the actual registers? > > Most geneology resources I come across are far too expensive for me to > make use of. I'm somewhat at a loss as to how to proceed. Any help would > be appreciated. > > Thank you, > Blaine Sanders > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2247 / Virus Database: 3629/6355 - Release Date: 11/21/13 > >