Joan Canning wrote: > Charani thank you for your reply and advice. Have tried both suggestions, > but have been unable to find the location I am seeking. > > Am endeavouring to find the location of an address I have from a 1841 Census > in the hope I may be able to find the nearest Church with the further hope > of locating parish records. The address: High Orchard Row, Hempstead, > South Hamlet. Registration District: Gloucester Union; Civil Parish: > Hempstead; Sub-District: South Hamlet. No Ecclesiastical Parish recorded. The parish registers are unlikely to be at the church now. Far more likely they'll be in Gloucester Record Office. http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1348 You should be able to find out if they have the registers you want and there's an email address as well. Obviously being in Australia you won't be able to visit but the record office probably has a list of people willing to do some research for you. -- Charani (UK)