Hello List People I'm new to the list. My interest is in the surname FIDLER. I have a marriage For Valentine Fidler in 1790 at St. Peter's, Bolton, but I know he was not christened there. He was born in 1769, and according to his death record, possibly in Greater Bolton. I understand this to be an outlying village of Bolton although why it would be called greater, I'm blessed if I know. Can anyone help me with a likely Church for his christening? Brian Fidler Sydney Australia ------------------------------------------------------------ This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au

Hello Briar and welcome to the list. I have Fidlers in my tree but mine are from Derbyshire/Cheshire. Graham Fidler has a one name study on this surname. He may be able to help you. His address is grahamfidler@btinternet.com Good luck, Val Chadwick USA brfidler@netspace.net.au wrote: >Hello List People >I'm new to the list. My interest is in the surname FIDLER. I have a marriage For >Valentine Fidler in 1790 at St. Peter's, Bolton, but I know he was not >christened there. He was born in 1769, and according to his death record, >possibly in Greater Bolton. I understand this to be an outlying village of >Bolton although why it would be called greater, I'm blessed if I know. >Can anyone help me with a likely Church for his christening? >Brian Fidler >Sydney >Australia > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------ >This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au > > >==== ENG-LAN-BOLTON Mailing List ==== >To switch from one mode to the other, unsubscribe from one and then subscribe to the other. > >============================== >Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > > >

Hi Brian, Just for the record, you've been slightly misinformed about Greater Bolton, which is actually the modern area covering all of Bolton and the surrounding villages and townships. You probably have in mind Great Bolton (Gt Bolton) which was not in fact an outlying village but rather the central area including the town centre and the Parish Church of St Peter. Little Bolton, as a matter of interest, comprised three non-contiguous areas. There is some possibly helpful information at http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/towns/bolton1.html The largest parish in the area was Deane so possibly the next check would be on the records of the Parish Church of St Mary's, Deane. There's some general information at http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Deane/home.html The records are available in Bolton Archives and at Manchester Central Library. Rgds, Bob Thornley, Bolton From: <brfidler@netspace.net.au> > Hello List People > I'm new to the list. My interest is in the surname FIDLER. I have a > marriage For > Valentine Fidler in 1790 at St. Peter's, Bolton, but I know he was not > christened there. He was born in 1769, and according to his death record, > possibly in Greater Bolton. I understand this to be an outlying village of > Bolton although why it would be called greater, I'm blessed if I know. > Can anyone help me with a likely Church for his christening? > Brian Fidler > Sydney > Australia