Hi Mike, Just out of curiousity, where did you find the Coleorton records? I have a subset of my family from the area and haven't been able to find much documentation about them (although I admit, I hadn't focused on them very hard yet). Concetta On Aug 9, 2013 4:26 AM, "Mike Gould" <mike.gould@ndirect.co.uk> wrote: > Hi Vern, > > I took a look at some Coleorton records yesterday. I think I may have > found > your William: > > Coleorton Parish Register (checked 1773 - 1776) > 1773 > William son of Joseph & Margaret Stinson bapt Dec 28 > 1774 > Thomas son of Richard & Rebecca Stinson bapt Jan 9 > 1776 > John son of Richard & Rebecca Stinson bapt Apr 7 > > Couldn't see any others in the period, but reading the register was > difficult, so can't guarantee I didn't miss some. > > Hugglescote & Coleorton Baptist church was formed in 1798. I checked the > list of members from its formation up to 1828 and could not see a > Stenson/Stinson there at all. An earlier Baptist church in the area was > that at Barton in the Beans, so it's possible that your family were members > there, or as others have mentioned, the one in Melbourne. Although it may > seem strange that they did not transfer to Hugglescote & Coleorton when it > was founded, those early days were sometimes difficult for the Baptist > movement. Eventually, there was a split, with the General Baptists going > one way and the Particular Baptists another. It would not have been unusual > for a family to prefer a church that was not their "local". > > Baptist Sunday School records don't go back far enough for you, I'm afraid. > > Unfortunately, it seems that the de Lisle and Beaumont family records > (manorial court rolls) have largely not survived. I had a look at the > Herrick family manuscripts, but they don't cover the right area. So > probably > nothing more in that direction. > > It really needs someone to spend 3 - 4 hours going through the parish > registers - baptisms, marriages and burials - to find the members of the > various Stinson families in Coleorton. They may even need to ask for the > originals to be produced, where the film is difficult to read. It's a > combination of faded writing, poor handwriting and, sometimes, slightly out > of focus filming. It also probably needs younger eyes than mine ;-). > There are researchers who can be hired by the hour at reasonable rates. I > would suggest not using the Record Office themselves, as their rates are > pretty high, which is reasonable when you're using their expertise, but > this > is a simple task, more suited to an independent researcher. > > Best wishes, > > Mike Gould > > -----Original Message----- > From: leicestershire-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:leicestershire-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Vern > Prescott > Sent: 07 August 2013 18:43 > To: leicestershire-plus@rootsweb.com > Subject: [LEI] Old school records > > I'm wondering if anyone knows whether there would be any old school records > surviving from about 1780. I am grasping for anything at all that might > help me identify the parents of William STENSON (Stinson) born about 1770 > in Cole-Orton. > > Vern in lovely SW Ontario > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >