Hi, if you go to FreeBMD you will find that there is an Informatiion icon , if you click on that you will get several paragraphs and under Statistics is Districts , if you click on Districts you will find all the parishes and the dates . Pitminster comes under the Taunton district but the system only started in Sept 1/4 of 1837 and things were a little fluid for the first few years . And yes it is quite possible he could have been born in Devon , the parishes involved are right on the border of Devon and Somerset . life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jill Glover" <jmglover@tpg.com.au> To: <eng-somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2013 1:43 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-SOM] Charles BLACKMORE b. cir 1838...Pitminster. > Hi Elizabeth, > > Snip>> > I wonder if I could have some help with a look-up for Charles BLACKMORE > inthe 1841and 1851 census. Charles is on the 1861 census with wife Sarah, > And daughter Elizabeth, 4mths. According to the 1861 census, Charles was b > 1838 in Pitminster, Somerset, Sarah was from Getley Gross, Wales, and > Elizabeth > was b. Wellington, Somerset.,,,, > > Thank you for your helpful reply, I'll have a good look at the records > you've sent, certainly gives me some leads. > > You said " In the 1851 for Wales there is a Charles Blackmore , relative, > aged 11, labourer, b Pitminster, living in Bridge St , St John Cardiff, he > is living with John Rich". > And also..."Pitminster bapts are online via genuki/somerset but there is > no > bapt for Charles c 1838-40". > You said "There are two births in the early BMD registers, and probably > Charles b in the Wellington district , March 1/4 1840 is him", would that > be > the most likely Parish for Pitminster ? Is it possible that he could have > been bapt. in Devon? > Many thanks, > Cheers, > Jill > Brisbane > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Good evening Elizabeth, Thanks for your help once again with parishes, I know that Charles Blackmore was in NZ in 1874 so I can eliminate any of that name/age/from S'set.and Devon in the 1881 census, so to work..... Thank you once again for your leads, ,-._|\ best wishes, / Oz \ jill , brisbane. \_,--.x/ jmglover@tpg.com.au v