Hi Alex, Thank you for your reply and the search. I have already gone through the films for the parish registers for Olney. No sign of Joseph there unfortunately. Yes, 1796 is too late for Joseph. He had arrived in Weedon Beck, Northants by 1729 when the first child I know of was baptised. Joseph died there in 1781 but unfortunately his age wasn't given. I imagine that he was born in the latter part of the 1600's. I haven't looked at the parish registers for Wing but I do have a copy of the book "The Ploughman" by Ian Bowrey, which you probably know of., tracing the life of George Mead born 1830, the son of Joseph Mead and Susannah of Wing. I would think that this is the Joseph born 1796. I looked at your wonderful site Alex (congratulations) but couldn't see anything to help apart from the really early registers you have noted. Maybe I will be lucky and find a baptism there. There might even be Joseph's marriage to Mary ? prior to 1729. They definitely didn't marry in Weedon Beck as I have looked at the registers from commencement in the 1500's. Do you have ready access to the early registers Alex? I can order them from the LDS otherwise but it can take a month or more for films to arrive here in Australia. Thank you again for your trouble. Regards Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alexandra Coles" <ahcoles@yahoo.co.nz> To: <eng-buckinghamshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 6:19 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-Buck] 1841 census search please > Hi Nancy - > > 1851 census has a Felix Mead born in Olney Bucks > around 1808. Back in the 1841 census he'd already > moved on to Northamptonshire. > > I'm guessing 1796 is too late for your Joseph? I have > a Joseph MEAD baptised in Wing that year but I doubt > he's your guy. > > Regard > Alex > Visit the Wing One Place Study at > http://www.wing-ops.org.uk/ > > --- Nancy Watson <nwatson4@matra.com.au> wrote: > >> Dear Listers, >> >> I would be most grateful if someone could find all >> FELIX MEADs of any spelling e.g. MEADE/MEADS etc. >> anywhere in Bucks in the 1841 census. >> >> Family tradition says that my gggggg.grandfather >> Joseph MEAD came from Bucks originally. After >> trying quite a few parishes for a record of his >> baptism but to no avail I am taking another tack. >> The given name of FELIX which I am told is not too >> common, was used by Joseph and the next three >> generations at least so my reasoning is that I >> should investigate all parishes where the name >> occurs in the hope of finding Joseph's baptism >> earlier on in one of those places. >> >> This has been a brickwall for me for years so any >> assistance would be gratefully received. >> >> Thank you in advance. >> >> Nancy Watson >> Sydney, Australia > > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com > _____________________________________________ > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: > ENG-BUCKINGHAMSHIRE-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-BUCKINGHAMSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Nancy I do have access to the early Wing registers, but no luck I'm afraid, now that I know the approximate timeframe. There's only one MEAD baptism in the late 1600s (1673, then nothing until 1719), and that's an Anne daughter of Thomas & Dorothie Mead "of Fenni Stratford". Another parish you can check out, if you haven't already? And no marriage for a Joseph Mead in that pre-1729 period. I haven't seen a copy of The Ploughman, so now I'm very intrigued! Would you mind letting me know the full publication details? Regards Alex (in Auckland NZ, so I know what you mean about waiting for films!) Visit the Wing One Place Study at http://www.wing-ops.org.uk/ --- Nancy Watson <nwatson4@matra.com.au> wrote: > Hi Alex, > > Thank you for your reply and the search. I have > already gone through the > films for the parish registers for Olney. No sign > of Joseph there > unfortunately. > > Yes, 1796 is too late for Joseph. He had arrived in > Weedon Beck, Northants > by 1729 when the first child I know of was baptised. > Joseph died there in > 1781 but unfortunately his age wasn't given. I > imagine that he was born in > the latter part of the 1600's. > > I haven't looked at the parish registers for Wing > but I do have a copy of > the book "The Ploughman" by Ian Bowrey, which you > probably know of., tracing > the life of George Mead born 1830, the son of Joseph > Mead and Susannah of > Wing. I would think that this is the Joseph born > 1796. I looked at your > wonderful site Alex (congratulations) but couldn't > see anything to help > apart from the really early registers you have > noted. Maybe I will be lucky > and find a baptism there. There might even be > Joseph's marriage to Mary ? > prior to 1729. They definitely didn't marry in > Weedon Beck as I have looked > at the registers from commencement in the 1500's. > > Do you have ready access to the early registers > Alex? I can order them from > the LDS otherwise but it can take a month or more > for films to arrive here > in Australia. > > Thank you again for your trouble. > > Regards > Nancy Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com