Hello Vicki we have the following for Bishopstoke..... BISHOPSTOKE(CMB 1658 - 1781; CM 1700 - 1781; CB 1782 - 1812; B 1813 - 1906) Any help? Linda & Tony > Hello, > A real longshot this, because of the common-ness of the surname. Does > anyone have access to Parish Records of Bishopstoke? I have just been > given > some very battered and almost illegible photocopies of family documents of > a > Robert SMITH. They are discharge papers from the Army in 1897. He was > discharged in Capetown South Africa and intended place of residence looks > like "Salti River Works". He was a wheelwright then but was a Gunner in > the > Royal Artillery in 1885 when first entered service. (Attested at Woolwich) > He was born in Bishopstoke, and in May 1885 was 21and threequarters. My > calculations, then, make him born August 1863. Before I follow up the > service side of things, I would be grateful if anyone could look up the > PRecords for me to see if his christening appears. This Robert SMITH was > an > ancestor of Gertrude Catherine STRATFORD born Pyrton Oxfordshire, whose son > married into my SELLWOODs, but quite where Robert fits in I am trying to > ascertain. Thanks > > Vicki Turner >

Hello Linda and Tony, Not sure, as I don't know my Robert SMITH' parents. Burials of SMITHs after 1862 might show one or t'other of them up. Could I be a pain and ask you to look up Burials from then to 1906. As I said in my message, I think Robert was born August 1864 and your records don't cover baptisms for that period. Thanks. Vicki