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
There is an OPC for Yealmpton who offers free look-ups. Go to http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Yealmpton/index.html and scroll down to Genealogy for details. It looks as though Philip SA(U)NDERS may have been married more than once - firstly to Damaris WATTS, then to a Hannah and finally to Elizabeth ca 1804. Have you looked at the actual marriage record between him and Elizabeth? Where did they marry? (I can't find it) Are there any clues there? Regards, Deborah OBrien Devon OPC Co-ordinator DFHS Member 11261 http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/OPCproject.html Online Parish Clerk for Meavy, Newton Ferrers, Roborough by Torrington, Sheepstor, Walkhampton http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dob7/index.html Researching SQUANCE, LILLICRAP, SURTEES, DANKESTER & YATES -----Original Message----- From: devon-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:devon-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Blaine Sanders Sent: 21 November 2013 15:55 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