Kim, "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. Another line of enquiry is to see where the nearest market town was and look at the parishes between the parish where they met and the market town. Good luck, Gerry On 14 Apr 2011, at 08:36, Geo. wrote: > The marriage records say he was 'of this parish' but there is no recording of any PITTUCK / ICK / OCK before John's first marriage. > > Happy hunting all, > Kim. >

Always worth checking if banns were read in the weeks prior to te wedding in adjoining parishes ie parishes of residence Birthplaces can be obtained by checking census declarations ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerry Newnham" <[email protected]> To: "Kim Jones" <[email protected]>; "Rootsweb Essex" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 11:36 AM Subject: Re: [Ess] PITTUCK > Kim, > > "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. > > Another line of enquiry is to see where the nearest market town was and > look at the parishes between the parish where they met and the market > town. > > Good luck, > > Gerry > > > On 14 Apr 2011, at 08:36, Geo. wrote: > >> The marriage records say he was 'of this parish' but there is no >> recording of any PITTUCK / ICK / OCK before John's first marriage. >> >> Happy hunting all, >> Kim. >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >