This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VUh.2ACIB/144.1 Message Board Post: That date if before 1837 government mandated registration, so all of the information would be from the churches in Bolton. The parish Church of Bolton is St. Peter's. Donna Collinge Martens My Hampsons are from Radcliffe, Lancashire. my g-g-grandmother Ann was from Radcliffe and she married my g-g-grandfather John Collings (Collinge) on Dec. 14, 1821. I have never been able to locate where John was from
Just a quick correction - 1837 was the date of establishment of the general registration office. Registration births did not become compulsory until 1875. Deaths and marriages all had to be registered but only locally before 1837. Ralph Hampson -----Original Message----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com [mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of DJMFLAG@aol.com Sent: Monday, 12 December 2005 1:23 PM To: HAMPSON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [HAMPSON] Re: Hampson's of Bolton, Lancashire This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VUh.2ACIB/144.1 Message Board Post: That date if before 1837 government mandated registration, so all of the information would be from the churches in Bolton. The parish Church of Bolton is St. Peter's. Donna Collinge Martens My Hampsons are from Radcliffe, Lancashire. my g-g-grandmother Ann was from Radcliffe and she married my g-g-grandfather John Collings (Collinge) on Dec. 14, 1821. I have never been able to locate where John was from ==== HAMPSON Mailing List ==== List guidelines: Please no HTML or enriched text in posts to the list, plain text only or your message will not get to the List. Also no attachments as these are stripped out by Rootsweb. ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx