----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Gleave" <chrisgleave@hotmail.co.uk> To: <eng-yks-bradford@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 9:50 AM Subject: Re: [YKS-BRADFORD] finding my SUNDERLAND family before 1849 Hi Ann, the Sunderland's were at High Sunderland, Halifax. Captain Sunderland, fought in Civil War, and went to help Bradford, you can get a CD from Colin Hinson, (see on Rootsweb) it has a Book called Northowram. Colin is on Yorksgen. The |Sunderland's were related to Hemingway's and Lister's of Shibden Hall. Hope this helps Janet Janet Ogden Project Officer for Bradford FHSoc., FreeCEN 1891 Huddersfield & Saddleworth Also for FreeREG Yorkshire > Ann > > I would order the microfilm, it's always worth double checking. You could > look for the baptisms of Thomas's children and also see if there is a > marriage between a Thomas SUNDERLAND an a Rachel. This should give an > indication you are on the right track. > > Best of look with your search > Chris in a very sunny Stockport> > Hello listers> > I am looking for > suggestions on where/how to look farther back in time for my SUNDERLAND > ancestors in Yorkshire (Halifax to Bradford and Bingley). As I am in > Canada my searching has been limited to Internet resources up to this > point in time. I seem to have run out of appropriate certificates to order > and I have not found any sources earlier than the 1841 census. The IGI has > some potentially helpful information about birthdates but for now I can't > verify that I found the right folks. The family does not have a consistent > history of church affiliation butit does seem like everyone was baptised > at that time. An LDS microfilmcontains "Bishop's transcripts of Halifax > parish registers from 1600 to1879". It seems like my most useful next > resource but wonder if therewould be enough information to verify that > I've found the folks I'm lookingfor. > > I have the marriage certificate > of my 2nd great grandparents, Joseph Sunderland and! > Ann Stansfield - both born in 1828, in Halifax. They married in Halifax > on 16 Sept 1849. Joseph's father was named Thomas Sunderland and Ann's > father was James Stansfield. Might the parish register have something not > on the certificate from the GRO?> > The 1841 England census shows a > Sunderland family, headed by a Rachel (possibly widowed), living in > Halifax. Son Joseph was the right age - listed as age 12 in 1841 (close > enough). The names of the children correspond with names used in the > family through subsequent generations. The IGI has the marriage of a > Thomas Sunderland to a Rachel Wood in 1817 - which also fits this family > as Rachel's oldest son was 22 yrs old in 1841, and thus would have been > born 1 to 2 years after that marriage. > > I have not yet ordered the LDS > microfilm (referenced above) from which this marriage information was > extracted. Could I reasonably expect to verify from that film, that I have > the correct Thomas Sunderland (and Rachel Wood) as I have no! > idea of their parents names? > > Any pointers/opinions would be much > appreciated.> > Ann Burns> Ottawa ON Canada > _________________________________________________________________ > The next generation of Windows Live is here > http://www.windowslive.co.uk/get-live > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-YKS-BRADFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.0/1379 - Release Date: > 15/04/2008 18:10 > > -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 67461 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len