Hi Valerie and Carolyn, I have already checked St Anne's Turton records from 1720 to 1727 and 1770 to 1812 for Gar*ide (there is a gap in the records I have) and found the following: Baptisms: 15 Sep 1771 Adam s. John & Betty Garside, Q., farmer. 29 Aug 1773 Margaret d. John & Betty Garside, Q., farmer. 10 Dec 1775 Nancy d. John & Betty Garside, Q., farmer. 25 Jan 1778 Joseph s. John & Elizabeth (Betty) Garside, Q., farmer. 12 Mar 1780 Betty d. Thomas & Mary Garside, Q., weaver. 04 Sep 1783 John s. Thomas & Mary Garside, S., weaver. 21 Nov 1790 Peggy d. James & Anne Garside, B., labourer. 14 Aug 1791 Mary d. William & Betty Garside, Q., husbandman. 02 Jun 1793 Alice d. James & Anne Garside, labourer. 27 Oct 1793 John s. William & Betty Garside, B., weaver. 17 Jan 1796 Margaret d. William & Betty Garside, Q., weaver. 04 Sep 1798 Margaret d. William & Betty Garside, Q., labourer. 24 Nov 1800 Joseph s. William & Betty Garside, Q., farmer. 24 May 1801 Nancy d. Joseph & Sally Garside, Q., farmer. 13 Mar 1803 John s. Joseph & Sally Garside, Q., weaver. 17 Apr 1803 Thomas s. William & Betty Garside, Q., farmer. 03 Nov 1803 James s. Adam & Mary Garside, Q., farmer. 08 Apr 1804 Mary d. John & Anne Garside, S., weaver. 03 Mar 1805 Thomas s. Adam & Mary Garside, Q., farmer. 04 Sep 1805 Thomas s. John & Anne Garside, S., whitster. 02 Oct 1805 James s. William & Betty Garside, Q. 01 Dec 1805 Thomas s. Joseph & Sally Garside, Q. 26 Jul 1807 John s. Adam & Mary Garside, Q., farmer. 02 Aug 1807 John s. John & Anne Garside, S. 08 May 1808 Betty d. Joseph & Sally Garside, Ed., farmer. 05 Sep 1808 William s. William & Betty Garside, Q. 04 Sep 1809 James s. John & Anne Garside, S. 24 Feb 1811 James s. Joseph & Sarah Garside, Ed. 13 Oct 1811 Adam s. Adam & Mary Gartside, Q. Burials 11 May 1777 Betty d. Thomas & Mary Garside, E., husbandman. 17 May 1789 John s. John & Betty Garside, Q., farmer. 30 Aug 1792 James s. Thomas & Mally Garside, S., whitster. 22 Nov 1793 John Garside, Q., farmer. 23 Sep 1797 Margaret d. William & Betty Garside, Q., husbandman. 19 Mar 1798 James s. James & Anne Garside, Q., labourer. 02 Sep 1805 Betty Garside, Q., ww. 17 Mar 1807 Richard s. Joseph & Sally Garside, Q., farmer. 31 Dec 1808 John s. Adam & Mary Garside, Q., farmer. 26 Aug 1809 Thomas s. Joseph & Sally Gartside, Ed. 10 May 1810 William s. William & Betty Garside, Bolton. Note: The following contractions of place names have been used throughout. Where none is used it may be assumed that the persons were resident in Turton: B=Bradshaw. Br=Breightmet. E=Entwisle. Ed=Edgworth. Q=Quarlton. S=Sharples. T=Tottington. The following contractions have also been used: d.=daughter. s.=son. w.=wife. wr.=widower. ww.=widow. From ancestry.com parish records on cdrom, Cheers, Sharon -----Original Message----- From: Valerie [mailto:v.lirakis@ntlworld.com] Sent: Thursday, 24 August 2006 5:00 PM To: ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] GARTHIDE/GARTSIDE/GARSIDE ET AL. Hi Carolyn, and welcome back to the Bolton List. You wrote < He left a will which was proved at Chester. (Was that the usual place for wills to be "proved")?> Yes. Anyone living south of the River Ribble (north Lancashire)had their wills proved at Chester. <Where could I possibly go to find his parents? Are there records of Turton and Quarlton that early?> Bolton Archives hold records of baptisms for St. Anne's from 1720, and St. Peter's dating from 1573. I will try and do a check for you, but it may not be for a while, as the Archives are closed from Monday, 28th August for 3 weeks for stocktaking.

Sharon, Do you know the Bolton Wanderers Football Club chairman is a GARTSIDE? Barbara