Hi Kathryn and Patricia, Many thanks for your e-mails. I probably haven't explained things very well, the details Kathryn sent are from my father death registration, I registered his death. I have my parents wedding cert and Dad's Irish School Records. I've managed to trace the descendants from his Irish birth family, unfortunately they knew nothing of my father, he was a well kept family secret. At the time of my fathers birth, his very young unmarried mother should have been in boarding school (Catholic Convent) in England (Berwick on Tweed) but she obviously wasn't, the school didn't have but a mother and baby unit attached to it. As far as I can make out her parents must have been supportive to her.The parents were Irish travelling variety artist based in Ireland. I have not been able to track down where his mother gave birth to him. There is a possibility that it could have been America. She did make several trips to America before finally settling there in 1929. My father appears to have been left in Ireland with his grandfather and very soon afterwards left with the McElhinney family. The family left Ireland in 1938/9, my father would have be 13 or 14 yrs old at the time. Going by this I should imagine he was 'called up' to join the Army at the age 18 or 19 yrs (approx 1943/4) it's where he was living at that time that I'm trying to find out so that I can get his Army records which might give me more clues.. Once again, many thanks. Jackie in very wet, flooded in parts Somerset. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Courtney, Kathryn" <KCOURTNE@housing.uiuc.edu> To: <eng-manchester@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 9:54 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-MAN] Fw: Brennan/McElhinney family history > Hello Jackie, > My first thought that city directories might be useful. Do you have his > death certificate? > > Is this your father? > > Name: Alan Francis Brennan > Birth Date: 13 Jan 1925 > Death Registration Month/Year: Jan 1987 > Age at death (estimated): 62 > Registration district: Manchester > Inferred County: Lancashire > Volume: 38 > Page: 1465 > > Kathryn > > > -----Original Message----- > From: eng-manchester-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:eng-manchester-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jackie > Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 5:12 AM > To: eng-manchester@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ENG-MAN] Fw: Brennan/McElhinney family history > > > > > > > Good morning on this awful wet, cold and dismal day. > > Apologizes if this message shows twice, the first I sent with > active scrip and I'm noot sure if it will arrive. > > I'm researching my late fathers (Alan Brennan born 1925) family > history. > My father arrived in Manchester sometime after 1938 after leaving > Raphoe Ireland with the McElhinney family. > > I have the McElhinney family and my father living at 15 > Shakespeare St (Chorlton on Medlock/Chorlton Cum Hardy) 1946 but as > there were not any elections during the War I cannot find the date that > they first started living in Shakespeare St. > Does anyone have any idea where I could look to find the dates the > family moved into Shakespeare St? > > I've never been able to obtain a birth cert for my father (I > have no idea where or the country he was born) > If I could find the dates it might help me get the information to > gather his War records. > Does anyone have any idea which barracks my father would have been > stationed in if the family lived in Shakespeare St at the start of the > War? > > I have attempted to get Dad's War records but as I no idea where > he was born the Army Records Office say that I at least need his address > at the time he joined up. > > The McElhinney family do have a researcher but he has no mention > of my father in his research, even though my father grew up with the > family in Ireland. > > Research is made very difficult because my parents seperated for a > couple of years in 1960, my father stayed in Shakespeare St and we moved > to another part of Manchester. In 1961 my father moved out of the house > taking with him only one small suitcase, everything else he left in the > house including all documents. Shortly afterwards that area of > Manchester was flatten to make way for the new estate. > > Many thanks for any help/direction. > Regards Jackie > > > > > > > > > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. > Other people can learn from them! > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. > Other people can learn from them! > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.4.7/1542 - Release Date: 7/9/2008 > 6:50 AM > > >

Thank you Sheila that is fab news. I have looked in the phone book and we do have an LDS church on the Island so I will give them a call tomorrow :O) Thanks for taking the time to reply, very best wishes Vanda >----Original Message---- >From: sjohnston17@yahoo.ca >Date: 09/07/2008 21:34 >To: <eng-manchester@rootsweb.com> >Subj: Re: [ENG-MAN] Horrocks at St. Cross Church, Clayton > >Hello Vanda, >If you are close to a Family History Library (LDS), you can order the films from them for a very reasonable fee. They will allow you to keep the film at that library for approximately 4 weeks before it gets returned to Salt Lake City. >The LDS catalogue has the following film numbers for that church > >Title: Parish registers for St. Cross' Church (Clayton, Lancashire), 1874-1971 >Authors Church of England. St. Cross' Church (Clayton, Lancashire) (Main Author) >Inventory of church records. Baptisms, May 1857-Feb. 1918. FHL BRITISH Film 2113054 >Baptisms, Mar. 1918-Sep. 1966. FHL BRITISH Film 2113055 >Marriages, Nov. 1874-Oct. 1920.VAULT BRITISH Film 2113056 >Marriages, Oct. 1920-Aug. 1941. VAULT BRITISH Film 2113051 >Marriages, Aug. 1941-Feb. 1961.VAULT BRITISH Film 2113052 >Marriages, Feb. 1961-Oct. 1971. Burials, June 1874-Nov. 1953. VAULT BRITISH Film 2113053 > >Regards, >Sheila J >Ontario, Canada > > >> >----- Original Message ----- >> >From: andrew-vanda@tiscali.co.uk >> >To: eng-manchester@rootsweb.com >> >Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 8:19 PM >> >Subject: [ENG-MAN] Horrocks >> > >> > >> ><snip> Is there a way of someone who lives in the >> South of England to >> look >> >at >> >the records of St Cross Church, Clayton? Or would I >> have to make a >> >trip to the Manchester Local Studies Library? Can you >> buy fiches or >> is >> >there anything online?<snip> >> > >> > > > __________________________________________________________________ >Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go to Yahoo! Answers and share what you know at http://ca.answers.yahoo.com > > > >~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > >Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. >Other people can learn from them! > >~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MANCHESTER- request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > __________________________________________________________ Free games for a wet weekend - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/play __________________________________________________________

£7. ----- Original Message ----- From: <andrew-vanda@tiscali.co.uk> To: <eng-manchester@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 9:01 PM Subject: [ENG-MAN] The cost of a Birth certificate > Hi list, > > Please would SKS tell me the cost of a birth certificate as I would > like to buy one from the Manchester Register Office. Thank you in > advance ~ Vanda > > > > __________________________________________________________ > > Free games for a wet weekend - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/play > __________________________________________________________ > > > > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. > Other people can learn from them! > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Carol, Mosley Street runs directly off Piccadilly Gardens in the centre of Manchester. Most of the buildings are very old, although they have started to pull some down to improve the area. Until this year I worked on Mosley Street. Have a look on the Manchester City Council website, I am sure they have some old photo's of this street. Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carole Marshall" <carolemarshall@netscape.ca> To: <ENG-MANCHESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 6:20 PM Subject: [ENG-MAN] Mosley Street, Manchester > My name is Carole Marshall from Canada - my grandfather is Cecil Herbert > Atterton - if anyone is researching the Atterton family from Manchester > formerly from Middlesex, please contact me. Also my grandfather had a > clothier manufacturing company called Atterton & White (I would like to > know more about) on Mosley Street in Manchester and would like to know > where Mosley Street is as I am planning a short visit to Manchester in > April of next year. Thanks. Carole > > > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Jackie, I am afraid I have no answer for you. Maybe you will have to be very patient and hope the 1911 Census will help out. Do you know when he died? If so, a death certificate will tell you his age and where he died. Also, you may be able to narrow things down on this site - but you have to get credits for full information. Searches are free http://www.192.com/search/ If you think he got married in England, then how about searching for a marriage - the marriage cert. will give an address and other info. Sorry if you've already done all this - don't intend to "teach granny to suck eggs".......if you get my meaning! Pat W ----- Original Message ----- From: Jackie To: eng-manchester@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 11:12 AM Subject: [ENG-MAN] Fw: Brennan/McElhinney family history I'm researching my late fathers (Alan Brennan born 1925) family history. My father arrived in Manchester sometime after 1938 after leaving Raphoe Ireland with the McElhinney family. I have the McElhinney family and my father living at 15 Shakespeare St (Chorlton on Medlock/Chorlton Cum Hardy) 1946 but as there were not any elections during the War I cannot find the date that they first started living in Shakespeare St. Does anyone have any idea where I could look to find the dates the family moved into Shakespeare St? I've never been able to obtain a birth cert for my father (I have no idea where or the country he was born) If I could find the dates it might help me get the information to gather his War records. Does anyone have any idea which barracks my father would have been stationed in if the family lived in Shakespeare St at the start of the War? I have attempted to get Dad's War records but as I no idea where he was born the Army Records Office say that I at least need his address at the time he joined up. The McElhinney family do have a researcher but he has no mention of my father in his research, even though my father grew up with the family in Ireland. Research is made very difficult because my parents seperated for a couple of years in 1960, my father stayed in Shakespeare St and we moved to another part of Manchester. In 1961 my father moved out of the house taking with him only one small suitcase, everything else he left in the house including all documents. Shortly afterwards that area of Manchester was flatten to make way for the new estate. Many thanks for any help/direction. Regards Jackie

Thanks Betty, Jan and Mike for the maps of Mosley Street. I didn't Google it since I wasn't sure of the name of the street - I just remember my cousin mentioning he visited our grandfather's place of business. I will put the maps in with my Atterton family files and will visit Mosley Street when I go to England next April. Carole

Shakspeare street was in Chorlton on Medlock. I have sent you the map section, but this is dated 1893. Although I bet a shilling it was still the same homes in 1946. Mike Morris Toronto Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie" <jackie005@soms.fsnet.co.uk> To: <eng-manchester@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 6:12 AM I have the McElhinney family and my father living at 15 Shakespeare St (Chorlton on Medlock/Chorlton Cum Hardy) 1946 but as there were not any elections during the War I cannot find the date that they first started living in Shakespeare St. <snipped>

Dear listers,   I am new to the list and wonder if anyone else is researching the same family. I am researching the Huddlestone family that moved to Lower Broughton in Salford in !871 from Sheffield previously Lincs and Notts ..   Also the Dents (from Burnley) who lived in Ancoates, Manchester 1817 - 1840's and then Gardners from Chapel St Salford and Rainsough in1860's  Esther Gardner nee Bartram was born in Middlesex 1825c.   Trish   __________________________________________________________ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html

Hi Carole, Mosley street is on the west side of Piccadilly. It runs from St Peters Square north to Market street. I have sent you a map section dated 1894. Sorry it does not show your relatives business, but there were numerous business/ stores along this street. All my best in your search. Mike Morris Toronto Canada ex Manchester ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carole Marshall" <carolemarshall@netscape.ca> To: <ENG-MANCHESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 1:20 PM my grandfather had a clothier manufacturing company called Atterton & White (I would like to know more about) on Mosley Street in Manchester and would like to know where Mosley Street is <snipped>

Hello Jackie, My first thought that city directories might be useful. Do you have his death certificate? Is this your father? Name: Alan Francis Brennan Birth Date: 13 Jan 1925 Death Registration Month/Year: Jan 1987 Age at death (estimated): 62 Registration district: Manchester Inferred County: Lancashire Volume: 38 Page: 1465 Kathryn -----Original Message----- From: eng-manchester-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-manchester-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jackie Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 5:12 AM To: eng-manchester@rootsweb.com Subject: [ENG-MAN] Fw: Brennan/McElhinney family history Good morning on this awful wet, cold and dismal day. Apologizes if this message shows twice, the first I sent with active scrip and I'm noot sure if it will arrive. I'm researching my late fathers (Alan Brennan born 1925) family history. My father arrived in Manchester sometime after 1938 after leaving Raphoe Ireland with the McElhinney family. I have the McElhinney family and my father living at 15 Shakespeare St (Chorlton on Medlock/Chorlton Cum Hardy) 1946 but as there were not any elections during the War I cannot find the date that they first started living in Shakespeare St. Does anyone have any idea where I could look to find the dates the family moved into Shakespeare St? I've never been able to obtain a birth cert for my father (I have no idea where or the country he was born) If I could find the dates it might help me get the information to gather his War records. Does anyone have any idea which barracks my father would have been stationed in if the family lived in Shakespeare St at the start of the War? I have attempted to get Dad's War records but as I no idea where he was born the Army Records Office say that I at least need his address at the time he joined up. The McElhinney family do have a researcher but he has no mention of my father in his research, even though my father grew up with the family in Ireland. Research is made very difficult because my parents seperated for a couple of years in 1960, my father stayed in Shakespeare St and we moved to another part of Manchester. In 1961 my father moved out of the house taking with him only one small suitcase, everything else he left in the house including all documents. Shortly afterwards that area of Manchester was flatten to make way for the new estate. Many thanks for any help/direction. Regards Jackie ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. Other people can learn from them! ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Vanda, If you are close to a Family History Library (LDS), you can order the films from them for a very reasonable fee. They will allow you to keep the film at that library for approximately 4 weeks before it gets returned to Salt Lake City. The LDS catalogue has the following film numbers for that church Title: Parish registers for St. Cross' Church (Clayton, Lancashire), 1874-1971 Authors Church of England. St. Cross' Church (Clayton, Lancashire) (Main Author) Inventory of church records. Baptisms, May 1857-Feb. 1918. FHL BRITISH Film 2113054 Baptisms, Mar. 1918-Sep. 1966. FHL BRITISH Film 2113055 Marriages, Nov. 1874-Oct. 1920.VAULT BRITISH Film 2113056 Marriages, Oct. 1920-Aug. 1941. VAULT BRITISH Film 2113051 Marriages, Aug. 1941-Feb. 1961.VAULT BRITISH Film 2113052 Marriages, Feb. 1961-Oct. 1971. Burials, June 1874-Nov. 1953. VAULT BRITISH Film 2113053 Regards, Sheila J Ontario, Canada > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: andrew-vanda@tiscali.co.uk > >To: eng-manchester@rootsweb.com > >Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 8:19 PM > >Subject: [ENG-MAN] Horrocks > > > > > ><snip> Is there a way of someone who lives in the > South of England to > look > >at > >the records of St Cross Church, Clayton? Or would I > have to make a > >trip to the Manchester Local Studies Library? Can you > buy fiches or > is > >there anything online?<snip> > > > __________________________________________________________________ Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go to Yahoo! Answers and share what you know at http://ca.answers.yahoo.com

My name is Carole Marshall from Canada - my grandfather is Cecil Herbert Atterton - if anyone is researching the Atterton family from Manchester formerly from Middlesex, please contact me. Also my grandfather had a clothier manufacturing company called Atterton & White (I would like to know more about) on Mosley Street in Manchester and would like to know where Mosley Street is as I am planning a short visit to Manchester in April of next year. Thanks. Carole

Hi Carole Have you tried some of the maps online. Google, map quest, etc. or Google earth? Betty Alberta ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carole Marshall" <carolemarshall@netscape.ca> To: <ENG-MANCHESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 11:20 AM Subject: [ENG-MAN] Mosley Street, Manchester > My name is Carole Marshall from Canada - my grandfather is Cecil Herbert > Atterton - if anyone is researching the Atterton family from Manchester > formerly from Middlesex, please contact me. Also my grandfather had a > clothier manufacturing company called Atterton & White (I would like to > know more about) on Mosley Street in Manchester and would like to know > where Mosley Street is as I am planning a short visit to Manchester in > April of next year. Thanks. Carole > > > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. > Other people can learn from them! > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

For modern information, try <http://www.upmystreet.com/UK/findmynearest/community/cemeteries-and-crematoria/results/in/Salford-4302.html> and <http://www.upmystreet.com/UK/findmynearest/community/cemeteries-and-crematoria/results/in/Manchester.html> On some of these you can drill down enough to see the actual plan of the cemetery. Lynne

The first link is the list of cemeteries still open and from which year. http://www.manchester.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=1086 The second is a list of churches and it may take a few seconds for the map. Scroll down to the names. If you do some browsing on the Genuki site, you can then find details about the churches e.g. if they had a cemetery. I know this will not lead you directly to buriel details, but it may help you come to some conclusions about possible buriel places. http://www.genuki.org.uk/cgi-bin/churchmap?GR=SJ833965 Pat W ----- Original Message ----- From: Sally Haden To: eng-manchester@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 8:29 AM Subject: [ENG-MAN] Cemeteries Hi folks, I have been looking at the site http://www.burialrecords.manchester.gov.uk but it doesn't offer much detail for those who don't know Manchester's geography. Also it doesn't seem to give any date ranges.<snip> Is there a web page somewhere which lists the city's cemeteries, preferably with the dates they opened/closed? Many of the WALTONs I am researching lived in Hulme or just over the river in Salford. <snip> Sally in Yorkshire ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. Other people can learn from them! ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Good morning on this awful wet, cold and dismal day. Apologizes if this message shows twice, the first I sent with active scrip and I'm noot sure if it will arrive. I'm researching my late fathers (Alan Brennan born 1925) family history. My father arrived in Manchester sometime after 1938 after leaving Raphoe Ireland with the McElhinney family. I have the McElhinney family and my father living at 15 Shakespeare St (Chorlton on Medlock/Chorlton Cum Hardy) 1946 but as there were not any elections during the War I cannot find the date that they first started living in Shakespeare St. Does anyone have any idea where I could look to find the dates the family moved into Shakespeare St? I've never been able to obtain a birth cert for my father (I have no idea where or the country he was born) If I could find the dates it might help me get the information to gather his War records. Does anyone have any idea which barracks my father would have been stationed in if the family lived in Shakespeare St at the start of the War? I have attempted to get Dad's War records but as I no idea where he was born the Army Records Office say that I at least need his address at the time he joined up. The McElhinney family do have a researcher but he has no mention of my father in his research, even though my father grew up with the family in Ireland. Research is made very difficult because my parents seperated for a couple of years in 1960, my father stayed in Shakespeare St and we moved to another part of Manchester. In 1961 my father moved out of the house taking with him only one small suitcase, everything else he left in the house including all documents. Shortly afterwards that area of Manchester was flatten to make way for the new estate. Many thanks for any help/direction. Regards Jackie

Did you try Rusholme road cemetery. I had a relative from Hulme who was buried there. Mike Morris Toronto Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sally Haden" <haden.sally@googlemail.com> To: <eng-manchester@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 3:29 AM For instance, I did a search for someone who died in Hulme in 1866 but it was negative, so I don't know if the cemetery simply isn't covered, or if the cemetery is covered by their data but it is too early. <snip>

Hi folks, Thanks for the interesting discussion about burials. I have been looking at the site http://www.burialrecords.manchester.gov.uk but it doesn't offer much detail for those who don't know Manchester's geography. Also it doesn't seem to give any date ranges. For instance, I did a search for someone who died in Hulme in 1866 but it was negative, so I don't know if the cemetery simply isn't covered, or if the cemetery is covered by their data but it is too early. The site does give this as part of it's answer in the FAQ about why a search on it may turn up nothing... > The person may have been buried in a cemetery that is not operated > by Manchester City Council and therefore no records are held for > these burials within this system. > > The person may have been buried within church grounds and these > records are not available on the online system. > > The person may be buried in a cemetery, which, although managed by > Manchester City Council, may now be closed. The records contained > in the system are from currently in use cemeteries managed by > Manchester City Council. Is there a web page somewhere which lists the city's cemeteries, preferably with the dates they opened/closed? Many of the WALTONs I am researching lived in Hulme or just over the river in Salford. Which cemeteries are likely to be relevant (civic/ protestant/Church of England)? I found a possible in Phillips Park but I think that is far away? Cheers! Sally in Yorkshire

I'm a bit of a greenhorn as far as Manchester research is concerned when looking for my BRIDGFORDs, but I think I may have answered one of my own questions re where ancestors may have been buried. I discovered these pages whilst googling around: _http://www.mlfhs.org.uk/Infobase/graveyards.htm_ (http://www.mlfhs.org.uk/Infobase/graveyards.htm) _http://www.mangeogsoc.org.uk/egm/3_2.pdf_ (http://www.mangeogsoc.org.uk/egm/3_2.pdf) I also ran into this site full of fascinating info: _http://www.manchestercathedral.org/images/archives/parochial%20catalogue%2020 07.doc_ (http://www.manchestercathedral.org/images/archives/parochial%20catalogue%202007.doc) which lists all the parish records pertaining to Man. Cath. including Sexton's and Churchwarden's accounts, apprenticeships and charity awards, etc. These can be name searched through A2A. Ruth

Hi Pat, Thank you again for all your help, you have been a star. It's only my 3rd day on this wonderful list and I have got so much out of it already. I hope I can be of help to someone else in the future. Thanks Pat, your help really is appreciated, best wishes Vanda >----Original Message---- >From: pat.williams121@virgin.net >Date: 08/07/2008 20:46 >To: <eng-manchester@rootsweb.com> >Subj: Re: [ENG-MAN] Horrocks > > >Hi again Vanda, >The link will take you to a web site of researchers. I've looked at their >cost, and they insist on a minumum of 2 hours worth. Even though you know >exactly what you want, I think it would take over an hour >anyway....including the photocopying. >It really is time consuming looking at the microfilms and sometimes, not >everything is in the chronological order you would expect. The photocopying >of film isn't as straight forward as normal photocopies either. > >http://www.mancestry.co.uk/ > >I don't know anyone who has used this facility.......but with a bit of luck, >SKS may do a look up for free. I would gladly do it for you, but I don't >expect to get back there for possibly months. > >I used a researcher I found on the web to get my Grandfathers war records >from the National Archives and it was worth every penny to me. However, >that's a bit different to collecting Baptism entries which don't give much >useful information (most of the time) >I think they may not be able to help with the Buriels though. > >Anyhow, fingers crossed, >Pat > >----- Original Message ----- >From: andrew-vanda@tiscali.co.uk >To: eng-manchester@rootsweb.com >Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 2:55 PM >Subject: Re: [ENG-MAN] Horrocks > >Hi everybody, > >Pat very kindly pointed me in the direction of the local Studies >Library at Manchester to find the baptisms I'm after for my Horrocks >family. The library will do one look up for you if you have the exact >date, church, name etc. which is brilliant of them as I understand >their resources must be stretched. I'm not sure they would like me >writing several letters all asking for a different baptism? > >As I have 7 baptisms with exact dates etc. & 2 burials all at the same >church I thought it might be worthwhile enlisting the help of >researcher who could look these up for me. I have no idea where to >start looking for such a person or what it would cost. My funds are >limited so could anyone recommend such a person please. > >Thank you for reading this message, any help is really appreciated, >best wishes Vanda > > > > > > > > > > > > > >~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > >Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. >Other people can learn from them! > >~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MANCHESTER- request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > __________________________________________________________ Free games for a wet weekend - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/play __________________________________________________________