Hello Graham Just as a footnote to what you said about Oakengates - my 2xgreat-grandmother, Ann Bickerton, claimed on some Census Returns to have been born in Oakengates, yet she was christened in Dawley Magna in 1826. Wendy X-Message: #4 Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 14:10:19 +1000 From: Graham Price <genetree@pacific.net.au> To: ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <6.1.2.0.2.20060513140759.01d43c30@po.pacific.net.au> Subject: Re: [ENG-SHROP] CADMAN PICKING Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed At 01:57 PM 13/05/2006, Barbara Cocker wrote: > >>>> >In 1841 the family was living at Wombridge Sarah may have been baptised >at Oaken Gate (from 1851 census) Was there a church at OakenGate? If not >what would be the parish church?>>> Hello Barbara Just re-iterating my previous post to this list: "Oakengates became a chapelry (chapel of ease) to the parish church of Wombridge, so prior to 1855 all baptismal records would be with the parish church of Wombridge. If you go to www.familysearch.org and tap into the family history library, then type in for place: Wombridge, you will find all the relevant microfilms that are available through the LDS folk." Congrats on finding your folks on the 1841, and good luck with further investigations Cheers Graham Melbourne Oz Good luck