Hi Edgar and Peter, You cant beat looking at the actual records - or at least microfilm copies of the same. Don't rely on the IGI - there are some glaring errors and omissions, even from their extraction program of parish registers. Winslow registers I seem to remember are very difficult to read prior to 1813. I dont know whether any of the local societies have attempted to transcribe them. One thing to bear in mind is that families did move around between villages. Get hold of a good map (or use Parloc) to identify villages in the surrounding area. Start with a five mile radius and then start searching each one. Use Hugh Wallis's site to access the different parish registers on the IGI - this will at least give you a clue as to whether the family name is in that parish. Use something like the National Burial INdex to see where deaths of people of the same surname (possible parents?) are occuring. Reconstruct small family trees for ones you find who might be related. In the case of Buckinghamshire - use the Posse Comitatus - almost the equivalent of a simple late 18th century census, listing all males over 16. Were your people tradesmen? Trade directories might help although I am not sure what is available for Bucks at this time. Did anyone of the family name leave a will? Sometimes a grandparent could mention a grandchild or an uncle mention a favourite nephew. And you dint have to be a wealthy person to make a will. Just a few pointers - hope it helps Sandra Peter Nelms wrote: > I've got the same problem, Edgar. > > I have got back to John ELMS of Shabbington, Bucks who died in 1774 > but I cannot find anything of his birth or earlier. > > I'll be interested to see what advice you get. Regards, > > Peter J. Nelms > Canberra, Australia > > [email protected] > OFHS Member # 4540 > Researching NELMS / NELMES of Oxon (Great Haseley, Great Milton), > Bucks (Ickford, Shabbington) & Australia (Brisbane, Queensland). > Other surnames: RADBONE, LOVEGROVE, DINGLE, NORTH, HUDSON, CLAYDON, > WISE, KING, BOX > > http://Peter_Nelms.tripod.com/Family_History.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> From: Edgar Cross <[email protected]> >> Reply-To: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [ENG-BUCK] Where else can I look? >> Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 06:20:58 -0700 (PDT) >> >> I've had a hard time finding information on my >> ancestors before 1800. I know that my ggg-grandfather >> George CROSS was born in Winslow, Bucks in 1796 to >> George CROSS and Zillah EAGLETON. I also know that >> George Sr. was born about 1767 in Winslow. >> >> I ordered a search of the parish records for BUCKS but >> the Burial database is missing the period after 1716 >> and the Birth database ends in 1745. >> >> I don't know where else to look. Can someone please >> offer some other suggestions? >> >> Thanks all. >> >> Edgar Cross > > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >