Resending to the list. Begin forwarded message: > From: Carolyn Perkes <cperkes@videotron.ca> > Date: December 11, 2010 7:22:25 PM GMT-05:00 > To: Paul Prescott <paulgprescott@googlemail.com> > Subject: Re: [WOR] Thomas PERKES b 1824 Dudley Worc and Perkes in > Old Swinford > > Thanks Paul, > Will start by giving the Dudley Record Office and Staffordshire > Record Office a try via their websites, since that is where Thomas > is said to have been born and christened. I have made inquiries on > the Staffordshire list. > > Yes I am given to understand that Thomas's parents are Henry Perkes > and Elizabeth Cartwright Aston. There is a quite a tree available > via IGI, or family search, and that is because, I surmise, one of > Thomas's siblings was Henry Perkes (1814-1890) who went to Salt Lake > City; a Mormon pioneer and so he, his ancestors and his descendants > are amply documented. > What I have not been able to do so far is document Thomas's birth, > to verify that he is indeed a sibling (Henry and Elizabeth had 12 > children). > My line moved around in Worcester, Staffordshire and Shropshire > (taking into account changing county boundaries) before staying for > a while in Liverpool and then leaving for Canada in 1906-7 (though > some went to the U.S.). > > > Thanks again! > > Carolyn > > On 11-Dec-10, at 6:13 PM, Paul Prescott wrote: > >> Carolyn: >> >> You probably know that Thomas PERKES' baptism is on the IGI for 28 >> March 1824 at Wombourne. Wombourne was in Staffordshire, not >> Worcestershire (although Dudley was in Worcestershire, a detached >> island of that county entirely surrounded by Staffordshire). >> >> Thomas's parents are shown on the IGI as Henry PERKES and Elizabeth >> CARTWRT. It's highly unusual for parish registers in this part of >> the >> world to give mother's maiden names at this period, so either Henry >> and Elizabeth weren't married, or CARTWRT wasn't Elizabeth's surname >> but her middle name. You'd want to see a copy of the register to >> check. >> >> There are various ways to get a copy - the registers are available at >> Dudley Record Office, Staffordshire County Record Office, or >> Lichfield >> Joint Record Office. You can google any of these and then email or >> even telephone the Record office, and they'll provide one for a fee. >> >> Alternatively you can post your request on the Rootsweb Staffordshire >> list, and you'll probably find someone to look up trhe information >> for >> you. If you're lucky, you may even come across someone who has a >> microfiche copy of the registers who would send you a copy. >> >> Good luck >> >> Paul Prescott >> Scotland >> >> >> >> >> On 11 December 2010 22:55, Carolyn Perkes <cperkes@videotron.ca> >> wrote: >>> Dear listers, >>> >>> I am trying to determine how I can obtain a copy of the C of E >>> parish >>> record for the birth/baptism of Thomas Perkes, born 4 Feb 1824, >>> Dudley, Worcester d. Sep 1898, Liverpool, buried in Toxteth Park >>> Cemetery, 14 Sep, 1898. Finding his christening record is the key to >>> confirming all sorts of information available through the beta >>> family >>> search site which contains a tree for the Perkes/Perks line back to >>> Old Swinford, 1689. >>> >>> This Thomas Perkes was apparently christened 28 March 1824 >>> Wombourne, >>> Staff. >>> >>> A number of helpful people on the Staffordshire list directed to >>> me to >>> the parish records available at the Wolverhampton site. I could not >>> find my Thomas there. >>> >>> http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/resources/indexes >>> >>> I have looked at maps and it seems that Dudley and Wombourne are not >>> far from each other. >>> >>> So, I have two questions: >>> 1. Is it plausible that someone born in Dudley would have been >>> christened in Wombourne? >>> 2. Since I can't devote myself to this full time or get out in a car >>> to an LDS centre here in Quebec Canada, could any of you refer me to >>> researchers in Worcester who I would be happy to pay to find the >>> actual parish birth/christening record for my Thomas Perkes? I have >>> checked the list of researchers offered by the National Archives >>> but I >>> don't see anyone with an interest in the West Midlands. >>> >>> Many thanks, and best wishes for the holiday season. >>> >>> Sincerely, >>> >>> Carolyn >>> (Canada) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WORCESTER-request@rootsweb.com >>> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >>> the body of the message >>> >