On 04/02/15 23:46, Kate wrote: > > > "eve via" wrote in message > news:[email protected] > > >> >> Would someone with access to FMP be kind enough to send me a copy of >> the the >> burial/death record for James WARD, died 1788, St James Westminster. I >> placed it as Middlesex as it didn't show as Westminster. I already >> have his >> Will. >> The death record for his brother has not survived and James is my last >> hope >> in the search for their parents. > > You are unlikely to get any help from finding the burial entry for > James. In > 1788, you mostly get just the name of the person and date of burial. (not > even an age unless he was very old indeed fior the time). The will would > have been a better bet, since wills often mention brothers (and looking for > two in a family is more productive than looking for one.) > However, if he held any copyhold property, track down the manorial records, > since these may often show inheritance of land from a father (or uncle). > If he > only acquired it by purchase, he was just being difficult. > EVE > > > Author of The McLaughlin Guides for Family Historians > Secretary, Bucks Genealogical Society > > I was hoping a burial record might have stated "son of...". IME you only get that sort of annotation in the burials of children. -- Ian The Hotmail address is my spam-bin. Real mail address is iang at austonley org uk