Try this family search site http://maps.familysearch.org/#search choose parish from the drop down list and then type Aston, you will see Aston juxta on a list of Astons and it give you a visual reference. Dave Carr Devon On 1 Oct 2009, at 10:48, BRIAN BLACKWELL wrote: Aston juxta Birmingham was not a name for a church, it means the place. Aston (now part of Birmingham) was a community next (juxta) to Birmingham. The church was probably Sts Peter and Paul. Best Wishes Brian Sechelt. BC Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neil & Jan Hearn" <neil.hearn3@bigpond.com> To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 2:08 AM Subject: Re: [B'ham] Miller/Standley > Hello Carol, > A number of my relatives born in the area > around this > time were baptised/married at Aston juxta Birmingham. I'm not sure > whether > this is the only name this church is known by but appears as such > on Hugh > Wallis's Batch Numbers website and on the IGI. > > Best of luck, > Jan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carol Thomas" <carolthomas2@googlemail.com> > To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 6:46 PM > Subject: [B'ham] Miller/Standley > > >> I have recently discovered that my greatgreatgrandfather, James >> Miller, >> was >> born in Birmingham, and am hoping for some advice about how to >> trace his >> birth/baptism and possibly that of his wife, Eliza Standley. >> >> He appears on the 1851 census for Rhosymedre, which is near >> Ruabon, North >> Wales, and is a tinman, aged 46, born Birmingham. His wife is Eliza, >> aged >> 35, born Roscommon, Ireland. >> >> The 1841 census for this area is missing, so I don't know when >> they would >> have moved to Wales, except that it had to be before April 1844 as >> his >> son >> James was born in Rhosymedre then. >> >> In subsequent censuses, up to his death in 1875, he was described >> as a >> tin >> plate worker, and on his death certificate a master tin man. Eliza >> variously gives her place of birth as Roscommon, Birmingham and >> Sheffield. >> James is listed in a couple of trade directories as a tin plate >> worker >> and >> umbrella maker. >> >>> From his age on the various censuses, and on his death >>> certificate, I >>> think >> he was born between 1800 and 1805. I have looked at the parish >> registers >> for St Philip's, St Martin's and St Peter and St Paul's (Aston), St >> Paul's >> in the Jewellery quarter, and St Mary's, Whittall Street for likely >> baptisms, but couldn't find any Millers at all. I would be extremely >> grateful for any suggestions about which other churches might have >> been >> in >> existence in the locality at the time - or any ideas at all really >> about >> how >> to find out a bit more. I haven't looked for their marriage yet, >> other >> than >> on the IGI which didn't yield anything obvious. >> >> Best wishes >> Carol >> >> _____________________________________________ >> _____________________________________________ >> >> Research in Birmingham: http://www.bham.de/ >> >> Any problems, please contact the List Admin: >> ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > _____________________________________________ > _____________________________________________ > > Research in Birmingham: http://www.bham.de/ > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: > ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ Research in Birmingham: http://www.bham.de/ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM- admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WARKS- BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message