On looking at Genuki it seems he may have meant Steep, nr Petersfield. Regards, Patsy - New Zealand Subject: [ENG-HANTS] James VENTHAM born 1821 Petersfield, Hampshire > > Hi, I am new to this list and wondered if anyone has means of telling me > who the parents are of James VENTHAM born 1821 Petersfield, Hants.(.per > the 1881 census) I have an ancestor James VENTHAM, born 5th Sept 1823 at > Binstead, Nr. Alton, Hampshire (per IGI) parents John and Elizabeth > VENTHAM who are my 3rd great grandparents. I have not found anything out > about my James since his birth, so am wondering if he could in fact be the > James VENTHAM born c1821 Petersfield, Hants. Any help would be greatly > received, kind regards Rita Barfield >
Or was it Sheet, Patsy? Petersfield has two similar-looking neighbouring parishes called Sheet and Steep - very confusing for researchers. And the problem is, Petersfield library has the microfilmed registers for Steep but not Sheet. Best wishes Tony On 19/01/2009, Patricia O'Shea <pkoshea@xtra.co.nz> wrote: > On looking at Genuki it seems he may have meant Steep, nr Petersfield. > > Regards, Patsy - New Zealand > > Subject: [ENG-HANTS] James VENTHAM born 1821 Petersfield, Hampshire > > > > > > > Hi, I am new to this list and wondered if anyone has means of telling me > > who the parents are of James VENTHAM born 1821 Petersfield, Hants.(.per > > the 1881 census) I have an ancestor James VENTHAM, born 5th Sept 1823 at > > Binstead, Nr. Alton, Hampshire (per IGI) parents John and Elizabeth > > VENTHAM who are my 3rd great grandparents. I have not found anything out > > about my James since his birth, so am wondering if he could in fact be the > > James VENTHAM born c1821 Petersfield, Hants. Any help would be greatly > > received, kind regards Rita Barfield > > > > > > ............................................. > Want to contact the local community? > Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings > http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk > ............................................. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-HAMPSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >