JK Many thanks for your information....it has put me another rung up the family tree ladder. Please tell me how and where you got this information about John Beau Townsend so that I dont have to pester the List in future.I am a novice in these matters. Happy hunting Gordon. ======================================== Message Received: Oct 22 2009, 08:21 PM From: "J K gen" To: eng-surrey@rootsweb.com Cc: Subject: Re: [SRY] Townsends Courtesy of Ancestry St Mary Lambeth - 1826 - this church is now the Garden Museum: John TOWNESEND, bachelor, of this parish and Sarah Frances GARBUTT spinster, of this parish married by Banns on 8 October 1826 by Chas. Turner, curate witnesses Jas. Longman GAWLER Jon. SEAGER [both regular witnesses] John Bew's baptism is slightly simpler - his parents are noted as John and Sarah (no middle names). Can't seem to identify any siblings. HTH JK On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 7:32 PM, gordon townsend wrote: > Listers, > Can you please help me unravel these several queries ? > > John Bew Townsend was baptised in Brixton at St Mathews Parish Church on 30/8/1829. > His baptismal details record that his parents,John Beau Townsend & Sarah Frances (nee Garbutt) were married and lived and worked in Dulwich, he as a gardener. > A family member (now deceased)said they were married in 1826 in St Johns Evangelical Church (?where?). > Can anyone verify or correct this? > > The father, John Beau Townsend, died in August 1852, aged 53. At that time he lived and worked at Crown Hill, (renamed Crown Dale), Norwood. Can anyone check his place and date of birth or baptism around 1799?. > A clue to his parents would be a great help. > > Thank you. > > Gordon. *************************************** Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** superfluous old messages in replies. List Admin can be contacted at: Eng-Surrey-admin@rootsweb.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-SURREY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

"Courtesy of Ancestry" I have a subscription to Ancestry which I find priceless for some things - for example the London Records currently being digitised by them which are deposited at the London Metropolitan Archives (LMA). This is a vast collection of a wide variety of records any of which could prove essential for those with London ancestors. There's no indiication of your geographical location, though I suspect a town in the UK somewhere. There are a number of possible places where you may access Ancestry: LMA itself for one (which is in London!); a number of local libraries or other local studies; other County Offices; The National Archves (TNA) which is a Kew; a number of Family History Centers which are run by the Morman church otherwise the Church of LatterDay Saints (LDS), the big one in Hyde Park also has an online catalogue to their holdings - there is a vast collection of microfilms of a variety of records of all kinds available through the LDS - their website will be the place to look for the locations of Centers and Library Holdings. You probably need a book of "how to" research your family history, though there are some excellent websites which could also point you in the right direction. JK On 24 Oct 2009, at 16:23, gordon townsend wrote: > JK > Many thanks for your information....it has put me another rung up > the family tree ladder. > > Please tell me how and where you got this information about John > Beau Townsend so that I dont have to pester the List in future.I am > a novice in these matters. > Happy hunting > Gordon. > > > > ======================================== > Message Received: Oct 22 2009, 08:21 PM > From: "J K gen" > To: eng-surrey@rootsweb.com > Cc: > Subject: Re: [SRY] Townsends > > > Courtesy of Ancestry > > St Mary Lambeth - 1826 - this church is now the Garden Museum: > > John TOWNESEND, bachelor, of this parish > and Sarah Frances GARBUTT spinster, of this parish > married by Banns on 8 October 1826 by Chas. Turner, curate > witnesses Jas. Longman GAWLER > Jon. SEAGER > [both regular witnesses] > > > John Bew's baptism is slightly simpler - his parents are noted as John > and Sarah (no middle names). Can't seem to identify any siblings. > > HTH > JK > > On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 7:32 PM, gordon townsend > wrote: >> Listers, >> Can you please help me unravel these several queries ? >> >> John Bew Townsend was baptised in Brixton at St Mathews Parish >> Church on 30/8/1829. >> His baptismal details record that his parents,John Beau Townsend & >> Sarah Frances (nee Garbutt) were married and lived and worked in >> Dulwich, he as a gardener. >> A family member (now deceased)said they were married in 1826 in St >> Johns Evangelical Church (?where?). >> Can anyone verify or correct this? >> >> The father, John Beau Townsend, died in August 1852, aged 53. At >> that time he lived and worked at Crown Hill, (renamed Crown Dale), >> Norwood. Can anyone check his place and date of birth or baptism >> around 1799?. >> A clue to his parents would be a great help. >> >> Thank you. >> >> Gordon. > > *************************************** > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM > AWAY** superfluous old messages in replies. > > List Admin can be contacted at: Eng-Surrey-admin@rootsweb.com. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-SURREY- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > *************************************** > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM > AWAY** superfluous old messages in replies. > > List Admin can be contacted at: Eng-Surrey-admin@rootsweb.com. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-SURREY- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message