On 24/01/2014 20:16, Jill wrote: > Good Morning can anyone please tell me if there is an actual [real] > Ilchester Parish Record. > I am looking for records for the 1600s. > I can get access to these anywhere in Somerset? > I have ancestry.com but I am getting nowhere with this town on there Ilchester is a real place and its registers are (or should be) held at the Somerset Heritage Centre. If the those for the 1600s are available, that's where you'll be able to search the microfiche of them Have a look at their online catalogue that will tell you what they hold. Type Ilchester into the Title box. http://www1.somerset.gov.uk/archives/ -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Ashcott, Shapwick, Greinton and Clutton, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk