"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...". I know there were four siblings from reading the Will of his brother William, James Will only mentions his own children. I have always thought brother William was the elder of these two but have no evidence to support this. I have searched for the Will of the third brother who was living in William's home but it sounds as though he was being supported by William so no luck there so far. I have previously searched for parents who might be related to all four but I can only find maybe two with an uncertain third depending on whether parents moved to another area and there is always the possibility father married twice. Back to the drawing board. Thank you for responding. Regards Kate Sydney, Australia

> > 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 > Another approach is Apprentice Tax records. You don't say roughlu how old he was, but if he was in a trade and born after 1697 before c 1738, then he should have been apprenticed, and most apprentice entries pre 1752 will show the name of the father and usually his location. These records are on Ancestry. Select 'Probate and Tax', then 'Tax' and scroll right down to (something like) Register of Duties paid for Apprenticeship Indentures' Failing James, look for the brothers. EVE Author of The McLaughlin Guides for Family Historians Secretary, Bucks Genealogical Society

On 04/02/15 23:46, Kate wrote: > I was hoping a burial record might have stated "son of...". Burial registers at that time do sometimes give such detail, but it's the exception rather than the rule. In Hampshire that year 12% of burials give an age, and 5% give a relation ("son of", "daughter of", "child of", "wife of" or "widow of"). Richard