Hi all, Is there anyone who can help me with regard to the parish records for Stanhope please? I know they can be found online at Durham Records Online but I have some info that I would like to varify before I can go any further with my research. I live in France and cannot get to Durham to check for myself. My 4 x gt. grandparents were Thomas FORSTER bapt.25 Apr 1795 Stanhope and Susannah OLIVER born 12 Nov 1792 Redburn. They married 26 Oct 1817 in Muggleswick and had 7 known children...... Isabella bapt. 7 mar 1818 George baptism not located bc 1821 Emerson bapt 1 Sep 1824 John bapt 26 Nov 1828 Ann bapt 28 May 1826 Thomas baptism not located bc 1827 Oliver bapt 14 Sep 1833 and my 3 x gt. grandfather I have, however, found another child baptised 1 Sept 1822 with Thomas FORSTER and Susanna as parents called Westgarth FORSTER. I would like to be able to varify that this child is the child of my 4 x gt. grandparents. It can get frustrating at times as the name FORSTER is very common in and around Stanhope at this time, and it is difficult to match the families up when you cannot get up to see the records in person. The name of Westgarth FORSTER comes up quite a lot in various records and I would like to know if he is a member of my particular branch of FORSTER. Kind regards Lesley Normandy, France

Hi Lesley The records for Stanhope appear to be included in the Diocese of Durham Bishop's transcripts which are available free on line through the LDS Family Search Site. http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp Choose Search Records, then Record Search Pilot Click on the map at Europe The last itme listed under Europe is England, Diocese of Durha, Bishops' Transcripts ca 1700-1900 Choose that and then Durham Scroll down the alphabetical list until you come to Stanhope The years indicated are 1762 - 1833 I hope this helps you - I haven't checked for completeness. The records are not indexed, so you just have to work your way through them until you find what you want! You can make educated guesses as to what date appears when, by interpolating - or you can read the whole thing, and perhaps find something you didn't expect. Heather LESLEY STYLES wrote: > Hi all, > > > > Is there anyone who can help me with regard to the parish records for Stanhope please? > > > > I know they can be found online at Durham Records Online but I have some info that I would like to varify before I can go any further with my research. I live in France and cannot get to Durham to check for myself. > > > > My 4 x gt. grandparents were Thomas FORSTER bapt.25 Apr 1795 Stanhope and Susannah OLIVER born 12 Nov 1792 Redburn. > > > > They married 26 Oct 1817 in Muggleswick and had 7 known children...... > > > > Isabella bapt. 7 mar 1818 > > George baptism not located bc 1821 > > Emerson bapt 1 Sep 1824 > > John bapt 26 Nov 1828 > > Ann bapt 28 May 1826 > > Thomas baptism not located bc 1827 > > Oliver bapt 14 Sep 1833 and my 3 x gt. grandfather > > > > I have, however, found another child baptised 1 Sept 1822 with Thomas FORSTER and Susanna as parents called Westgarth FORSTER. > > > > I would like to be able to varify that this child is the child of my 4 x gt. grandparents. It can get frustrating at times as the name FORSTER is very common in and around Stanhope at this time, and it is difficult to match the families up when you cannot get up to see the records in person. > > > > The name of Westgarth FORSTER comes up quite a lot in various records and I would like to know if he is a member of my particular branch of FORSTER. > > > > Kind regards > > > > Lesley > > Normandy, France > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-DURHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >