Hi Mike, Thanks for this, I was under the impression it meant he was born there, I have learnt something new today. I'll keep searching and hopefully find that link one day. Regards, Kim. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Fry" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 9:09 PM Subject: Re: [Ess] PITTUCK > On 2011/04/15 12:36, Gerry Newnham wrote: > >> "Of this parish" just meant that the they had lived in the parish for the >> required period before the marriage - can't remember how long it was but >> it >> might have been for just a few weeks. It is no clue as to where they were >> actually born. You will need to check all the adjoining parishes >> spreading >> outwards in every bigger circles - tedious but unless you have any other >> information that is really all you can do. If you can find them the books >> or >> lists of contiguous parishes are very useful for this purpose. > > A useful program for this is PARLOC. > > See <http://www.parloc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ParLocDL.html> > > This program can be used to 'draw' a map giving the parishes within a > given radius, closest to a named parish. And it will distinguish between > CofE and RC parishes. > > -- > Regards, > Mike Fry > Johannesburg > >