There are some Parish Records for sale on line, try BMSGH, a lot of them are micro fiche though so you would need access to a fiche reader. Would need to know which Church & a date for any look up though, otherwise it could take hours to find someone. HTH. Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone on O2 -----Original Message----- From: "Stephen Saw" <stephensaw@bigpond.com> Sender: staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:32:26 To: <STAFFORDSHIRE@rootsweb.com> Reply-To: staffordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Parish Records HI. I am new to the list. Does anyone know how I can purchase CD's for Baptism, Marriages or Christenings. Or Can sks please do a look up for me. I have a GEORGE WALKER b c1795, Creighton, STF, ENG. Hope someone can help out. Would be great. thankyou so much. ****************************** ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. ****************************** PLEASE keep your Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware software up to date. BEWARE of messages making it onto the List with a single URL. NEVER follow the link. It's usually from an infected source! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Ruth, Baptisms St Lawrence Parish Church Biddulph 1813-1836 in book form William Watts on Sarah's bapt 21 May 1820 occupation was Cotton Master, but by the baptisms James and William Richardson Watts William was a Cotton Spinner. Denise ________________________________ From: Ruth J <ruthgenda@btinternet.com> To: staffordshire@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, 21 November 2012, 14:19 Subject: [STAFFORDSHIRE] WATTS baptisms in Biddulph, 1818-1824 I am new to this list and am seeking help with information which might be found on the baptismal records of 4 children born to William and Sarah WATTS in Biddulph.  I am assuming that they will be C of E baptisms but not necessarily so.  I want to know the occupation of their father and am hopeful that it will have been recorded.  William and his family of 7 children came from Bollington in Cheshire and I don't know the reason for this move.  He was a joiner and machinist and may have worked with/for William STONIER at the Hurst Mill in Biddulph.  William WATTS second child, Martha Pierpoint WATTS, married William STONIER, son of William STONIER on 31 Jan 1826. I have only year dates for two of the children calculated from later marriage, death and census records.  The children are Ann born in 1818, Sarah bap 21 May 1820, James born in 1822 and William Richardson bap 18 Jan 1824. This information I found on Family Search.  I would be grateful for any help with this. Ruth ****************************** ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. ****************************** PLEASE keep your Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware software up to date. BEWARE of messages making it onto the List with a single URL. NEVER follow the link. It's usually from an infected source! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Ruth, With respect, you may need to re-word your post. I find it very confusing. You say William, Sarah and seven children came from Cheshire, but then you give four baptisms in Biddulph between 1818-1824. Then you say his second child married in 1826. He'd be only two years old. Despite that, the only place likely to provide father's occupation is original PR's. And that will depend on it being recorded. Somebody local may know if they're available or you can check the Family Search catalogue and see if films can be ordered. Have you looked for William & Sarah in 1841 and 1851, if they were still alive?. Peter

Hi Ruth, welcome to the list, Biddulph PR's have been transcribed (to paper) by the Biddulph History Society, their web site is:- http://www.bdghs.org.uk/ Someone else on the list may have a copy, I thought I had a copy but can't locate it. Eric ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ruth J" <ruthgenda@btinternet.com> To: <staffordshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 2:19 PM Subject: [STAFFORDSHIRE] WATTS baptisms in Biddulph, 1818-1824 >I am new to this list and am seeking help with information which might be >found on the baptismal records of 4 children born to William and Sarah >WATTS in Biddulph. I am assuming that they will be C of E baptisms but not >necessarily so. I want to know the occupation of their father and am >hopeful that it will have been recorded. William and his family of 7 >children came from Bollington in Cheshire and I don't know the reason for >this move. He was a joiner and machinist and may have worked with/for >William STONIER at the Hurst Mill in Biddulph. William WATTS second child, >Martha Pierpoint WATTS, married William STONIER, son of William STONIER on >31 Jan 1826. > > I have only year dates for two of the children calculated from later > marriage, death and census records. > > The children are Ann born in 1818, Sarah bap 21 May 1820, James born in > 1822 and William Richardson bap 18 Jan 1824. This information I found on > Family Search. > > I would be grateful for any help with this. > > Ruth > ****************************** > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not > apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED > MATERIALS. > ****************************** > PLEASE keep your Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware software up to date. BEWARE > of messages making it onto the List with a single URL. NEVER follow the > link. It's usually from an infected source! > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi All The Staffs BMD has been updated with the following records .... Marriages: 22 for Basford (Victoria Street), Advent Church, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1975-2010) Replace the following for corrections 3,355 for Hope, Holy Trinity, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1850-1940) 22 for Stoke, Methodist Church, Boundary Street, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1911-1951) 13 for Longton, Methodist Chapel, East Vale, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1926-1946) 28 for Pittshill, Chell Methodist Church, St Michael's Road, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1931-1954) 29 for Hanley, Baptist Chapel, Clifford Street, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1932-1957) 22 for Longport, Methodist Church, Clarence Street, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1935-1946) 9 for Sandyford, Zion Methodist Church, High Street, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1936-1940) 20 for Burslem, Methodist Chapel, Harper Street, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1938-1966) 256 for Burslem (Hamil Road), Methodist Church, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1939-2006) 40 for Lightwood, Mount Zion, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1945-1993) 10 for Tunstall, Methodist Church, Bank Street, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1949-1963) 21 for Bucknall, Methodist Chapel, Chapel Street, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1947-1965) 20 for Fegg Hayes (Fegg Hayes Rd), Methodist School Chapel, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1948-1975) 5 for Burslem, Zion Methodist Church, Dalehall, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1951-1955) 22 for Blurton (Magdelen Rd), Methodist Church, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1965-1968) 36 for Chell Heath, Church of the Saviour, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1966-1996) 5 for Fenton, Jubilee Methodist Church, Mount Pleasant, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1971-1974) 21 for Bucknall (Ruxley Road), Kingdom Hall, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1980-1991) 288 for Tunstall, St Chad, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1927-1976) 247 for Birches Head, St Matthew, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1945-1978) 78 for Brindley Ford (Newchapel), St Chad, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1951-1981) 25 for Chell Heath, Church of the Good Shepherd, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1952-1961) 501 for Burslem, St Werburgh, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1954-1975) 448 for Ubberley Estate, St Stephen, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1958-1990) 9 for Chell Heath, Church of the Good Shepherd, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1967-1974) 21 for Chell Heath, Church of the Saviour, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1982-1996) 4,879 for Etruria, St Matthew, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1849-1976) Births: Replaced 1,501 for Hanley, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1873-1874) to add mother's maiden name Replaced 10,423 for Longton, registers at Stoke-On-Trent (1837-1854) to add mother's maiden name regards Bill ======================================================================== The Staffordshire BMD can be found at http://www.staffordshirebmd.org.uk and the West Midlands BMD at http://www.westmidlandsbmd.org.uk

I've replied to Denise off-list regarding the HEATH gathering planned in Leek for May 2013, but I'd like to put my HEATH line out to the list in case anyone else is researching this Burslem line: Roger HEATH and Jane SILCOX William HEATH and Esther SHAW Daniel HEATH (1707) and Ann SIMPSON Daniel HEATH (1735) and Elizabeth HARRISON John HEATH (1766) and Amey HURST Thomas HEATH (1801) and Dorothy FERNEYHOUGH Joseph HEATH (1833) and Sarah JOHNSON Sarah Ann HEATH born 1860 married William STEVENSON I have only proved back as far as Daniel and Ann, and my research has uncovered some errors in some of the widely accepted HEATH history in the area (e.g., that in Percy Adams' History of the Adams Family of North Staffordshire). If anyone else is researching Burslem HEATHs, I would love to compare notes. Thanks, Leslie in Canada On Nov 20, 2012, at 01:25 AM, Denise <cinderhill971@btinternet.com> wrote:   Hi all Heaths It is intended to hold a meeting for relatives of any HEATH family from the Staffordshire areas to allow the exhange of information and discussion of further avenues of research. There will be guest speakers throughout the day including a respected genealogist Chris Heath from Canada who is no stranger to the area having visited the area many times whilst researching his own family tree. The venue The Silken Strand Hotel 64 St Edward Street Leek ST13 5DL Date and time 9-00 to 18-00 on Saturday 4th May 2013 Small payment for use of hotel and to purchase refreshments from the Hotel or a short walk into Leek. Please contact email addresses above if wishing to attend. Denise ****************************** ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. ****************************** PLEASE keep your Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware software up to date. BEWARE of messages making it onto the List with a single URL. NEVER follow the link. It's usually from an infected source! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I am new to this list and am seeking help with information which might be found on the baptismal records of 4 children born to William and Sarah WATTS in Biddulph. I am assuming that they will be C of E baptisms but not necessarily so. I want to know the occupation of their father and am hopeful that it will have been recorded. William and his family of 7 children came from Bollington in Cheshire and I don't know the reason for this move. He was a joiner and machinist and may have worked with/for William STONIER at the Hurst Mill in Biddulph. William WATTS second child, Martha Pierpoint WATTS, married William STONIER, son of William STONIER on 31 Jan 1826. I have only year dates for two of the children calculated from later marriage, death and census records. The children are Ann born in 1818, Sarah bap 21 May 1820, James born in 1822 and William Richardson bap 18 Jan 1824. This information I found on Family Search. I would be grateful for any help with this. Ruth

NO!!! I found an old email from a second cousin, now dead, fin which she said what her gran remembered and she THOUGHT her sister, Lizzie, was a Mrs Clark, and she was! Until then, it had taken me years of searching about - there is a postcard from her in my Grandma's stuff obviously sent in WWI and referring to the birth of my now dec uncle Jim, and it was of a place in the US - so I searched for that.. but now she was just up the road by a couple of miles from where she used to live with Mr Cockhill in downtown Huddersfield. Lizzie was said to be .. well, Grandma, a real lady, said there was always a cock somewhere around with Lizzie! Family joke apparently! Peacock, Hencock, Cockhill were names mentioned but some were the husbands of the other sisters... With Henry as a Dad, and Lizzie herself being that short first pregnancy of her parents, well.. hereditary makes one wonder. At least Lizzie did not MARR?Y her guy and there was no divorce as a legal option like there is now. Not affordable for the normal person, anyway. De facto was the realistic option in such cases I think. Dawn (who herself is divorced!) -----Original Message----- From: staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Anne Capewell Sent: Wednesday, 21 November 2012 5:26 AM To: staffordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] The Taylor saga Crikey Dawn - you did well there! Fancy trying to sort my lot out <g>? __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 7712 (20121120) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com

Crikey Dawn - you did well there! Fancy trying to sort my lot out <g>? > From: dawnwebb@optusnet.com.au > To: staffordshire@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 07:45:18 +1100 > Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] The Taylor saga > > Anne, your family sounds a bit like mine! And the lesson is - don't believe > all you see.

I do wish people would say where they've looked so we don't go over old ground. Have you checked Family Search for example? I also looked at a number of sites and could find no Radford in Staffordshire. The location is actually Radford Bank. But this might be one for the locals who know the churches in the area. Peter

I've replied to Denise off-list regarding the HEATH gathering planned in Leek for May 2013, but I'd like to put my HEATH line out to the list in case anyone else is researching this Burslem line: Roger HEATH and Jane SILCOX William HEATH and Esther SHAW Daniel HEATH (1707) and Ann SIMPSON Daniel HEATH (1735) and Elizabeth HARRISON John HEATH (1766) and Amey HURST Thomas HEATH (1801) and Dorothy FERNEYHOUGH Joseph HEATH (1833) and Sarah JOHNSON Sarah Ann HEATH born 1860 married William STEVENSON I have only proved back as far as Daniel and Ann, and my research has uncovered some errors in some of the widely accepted HEATH history in the area (e.g., that in Percy Adams' History of the Adams Family of North Staffordshire). If anyone else is researching Burslem HEATHs, I would love to compare notes. Thanks, Leslie in Canada On 2012-11-20, at 1:25 AM, Denise wrote: > > Hi all Heaths > > It is intended to hold a meeting for relatives of any HEATH family from the Staffordshire areas to allow the exhange of information and discussion of further avenues of research. > There will be guest speakers throughout the day including a respected genealogist Chris Heath from Canada who is no stranger to the area having visited the area many times whilst researching his own family tree. > > The venue The Silken Strand Hotel > 64 St Edward Street > Leek > ST13 5DL > > Date and time > 9-00 to 18-00 on Saturday 4th May 2013 > > Small payment for use of hotel and to purchase refreshments from the Hotel or a short walk into Leek. > > Please contact email addresses above if wishing to attend. > > Denise > ****************************** > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. > ****************************** > PLEASE keep your Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware software up to date. BEWARE of messages making it onto the List with a single URL. NEVER follow the link. It's usually from an infected source! > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

  Hi all Heaths It is intended to hold a meeting for relatives of any HEATH family from the Staffordshire areas to allow the exhange of information and discussion of further avenues of research. There will be guest speakers throughout the day including a respected genealogist Chris Heath from Canada who is no stranger to the area having visited the area many times whilst researching his own family tree. The venue The Silken Strand Hotel 64 St Edward Street Leek ST13 5DL Date and time 9-00 to 18-00 on Saturday 4th May 2013 Small payment for use of hotel and to purchase refreshments from the Hotel or a short walk into Leek. Please contact email addresses above if wishing to attend. Denise

Anne, your family sounds a bit like mine! And the lesson is - don't believe all you see. Grandma's sister nee BERNHARDT married COCKHILL de facto CLARK had all her children registered as Cockhill and she died as Cockhill. The children seemed to grow up with Mr Clark as quite young children, the youngest who died lagged four was only two when Lizzy, Mum, died in childgirth. Georgie, the only truly Cockhill one of the lot, was known by the family and himself (I met him!) as illegitimate - well it was the others who were, not George. They married mostly as Clark too when the time came, though they found out sometime as the entry as Cockhill is added to the typewritten records in hand writing at the bottom of the relevant page, NOT alpha order - obviously added later! But they were Clark for all intents and purposes.. and remain so. 1911 census they were Mr and Mrs Clark with several children, married long enough to have them all! But Georgie was with his Cockhill father, his de facto, and new baby, as son - and I presume may have stayed there till Dad dies 1912. There is of course no marriage to Mr Clark - or for Mr Cockhill to his new partner either. Took some finding, that bit of the family, did. To make it all worse, Lizzie's dad. My g grandfather, was officially John Henry Thomas BERNHARDT. He was Henry in the family and my ken, but used ?Harry, John, John H T etc - in all of his seven marriages. Bigamous - no divorces, no deaths.. I have met on line some half second cousins and even a half first cousin once removed! And lest people say anything, like how do I know - I got the marriage certs with his signature on them in several - not all, I admit - cases from the actual local registry offices where in some cases he actually married.. and his father and gg grandfather's occupation has not chanced and Fred died at the right time etc. the only thing "wrong" is, Henry got 20 years younger over his life and marriages! He died with wife number four by the way. He seems to have kept returning to her throughout his many marriages. G Gran whom I descend from was wife 1 and she stuck it for seven births and six living children. Henry was older than his real age when he married her - said he was adult but was not by about a year. And most of the brides including g gran were - well let us say they had remarkably short first pregnancies. That is all Mum's side - I have a convicted bigamous gg grandfather on Dad's side too! And a just possible murder or two there by gg grandfather's brother. They were here, I have court cases and newspaper reports from 1860s. BERNHARDT were in England between 1880 and 1920, his marriages. So far, of course. You would be surprised how BERNHARDT can be transcribed and written. I am not totally convinced I have them all, his marriages. He was born 1860 and died 1942. Henry himself was born a month after his parents married - but Mum was a widow, and her first hubby died only a few weeks or months earlier - HE was possibly Henry's father - or Fred BERNAHRDT - or the mi8lkman I suppose. Fred did not leave anything to Henry in his =will, and Henry was his only child.. left it all to his niece from wife's first husband going by surnames. Not that there was much to leave. And Fred himself was left on a doorstep in Germany as a baby. So no clues on his parentage though there is a persistent rumour in all branches, that we are related to Sarah - but no one knows how! I think Henry was a real smoothie charmer who lied through his teeth when it suited - till proven, I take that with a liberal pinch of salt. Dawn (Melbourne Australia) -----Original Message----- From: staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Anne Capewell Sent: Tuesday, 20 November 2012 12:55 AM To: staffordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] The Taylor saga Just one thought. My ggrandfather was illegitimate (which I am not suggesting was the case here but bear with me). __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 7709 (20121119) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com

Could have been Baswich/Berkswich Don, just up the road. I have been down Radford Bank today, so had to answer your post...............

why did you mention saga in the subject line, you have now sent the emails to my Saga Zone folder, LOL Mike Fisher in Droitwich my family tree http://mjfisher.tribalpages.com On 18/11/2012 11:07, Trevor wrote: > Hi all, > > > > Many thanks for the prompt replies and excellent info. > > > > The info I have on Lucy Jane Taylor is as follows;- > > > > A birth certificate > > b. 6 Mar 1880 in Short Heath, Willenhall to Samuel Taylor (Coal Miner) and > Maria Taylor (formerly Lees) > > > > 1881 Census > > Ann M Taylor 28 (Maria?), Samuel Taylor Son aged 4 both living with a George > and Jane Farmer in Short Heath, Willenhall (lodger Edward Appleby, single) > Note wife's name. > > > > 1891 census > > A Lucy Taylor living with George (58) and Jane (56) Farmer in Little > Bloxwich aged 11, Niece (Lodger Edward Appleby (54), single) > > > > 1897 Marriage Certificate > > Marriage to my Grandfather, Charles Percy Lloyd, (b. Peter Charles), at the > Registrar office in Walsall. Both are down as aged 21?? (Witness to this is > a Jane Appleby, more later) Lucy's father is down as Samuel Taylor, Coal > Miner, she living in Church Street, Bloxwich. > > > > 1901 Census > > Edward (Head 64) and Jane (Wife 65) Appleby living in Church Street, > Bloxwich with Charles Lloyd (Son in Law), Lucy J Lloyd (Daughter) with > Francis Lloyd and Sydney Lloyd both down as Grandsons. > > > > 1911 Census > > Edward (73) and Jane (75) Appleby living in Woodhall Street, Bloxwich, > (Close to Church St) with visitors, Horace Lloyd, (my Father) and Ethel > Lloyd (my aunt) > > > > My thoughts are as follows. The Ann M Taylor fit's in with Steve's info for > the 1881census. But why is Lucy down as niece in the 1891, is George or > Jane the Uncle or Aunt. I think the lodger may have married Jane between > 1891 and 1901 but I can't find a marriage certificate at present. But how > are Charles and Lucy down as Son in Law and Daughter in 1901? There was > obviously a connection with the Appleby family for my father and aunt to be > staying with them in 1911. > > > > Any thoughts to how this all fits would be much appreciated. > > > > Many thanks > > > > Trev > > ****************************** > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. > ****************************** > PLEASE keep your Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware software up to date. BEWARE of messages making it onto the List with a single URL. NEVER follow the link. It's usually from an infected source! > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Don, I suggest you try Stafford St Mary's - and also Castle Church which was then covering the Radford Bank which is near Weeping Cross just outside Stafford. regards, John Bennett

According to the census William Austin was born in Radford, Staffordshire, about1777. I'd be grateful to know which church he would have been likely to have been baptised in and if possible details of his baptism. DON TOMKINSON

Just one thought. My ggrandfather was illegitimate (which I am not suggesting was the case here but bear with me). It appears that his mother could neither make the father (who is named on the birth cert) marry her nor did she receive any maintenance. Perhaps the father didn't actually exist (although I thought that they had to be present in order to be named on the cert? I digress) or died. In 1881 he was living with his uncle and his family as a visitor. In 1891 he is still with them but as their nephew. He married in 1897 naming his uncle as his father. I don't know if that was for appearances or whether he had been brought up to believe that his uncle was his father. His real mother died in 1915 and i have no idea whether she ever saw him. He was born with the same surname as his uncle so no changes to that were ever required. On another side of my family a gx3 grandfather (surname Vallance) appeares to have married and had children. By 1841 he has disappeared and his wife is living with a man called Gibbs and although she has retained the surname Vallance her children are recorded as his children with the surname Gibbs. Some of them even continue to use this surname when they marry etc even though I cannot find any evidence that she married Gibbs. My (rather longwinded) point is that sometimes families used surnames and relationships to suit their circumstances and sometimes a situation may have existed for so long that no-one knew any different. Do you know when Lucy's real parents died? hth - although it might not! :-) Anne > From: trev@trevlloyd.co.uk > To: STAFFORDSHIRE@rootsweb.com > Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 11:07:19 +0000 > Subject: [STAFFORDSHIRE] The Taylor saga > > Hi all, > Many thanks for the prompt replies and excellent info. > > > > The info I have on Lucy Jane Taylor is as follows;- > >

Hi Pamela The local paper is the Express and Star Wolverhampton , They have been in business about 100 years I think , so they would have any info you need, I dot have the phone number but you can find the number in yellow pages on your P.C. Cassy Pamela Farmer wrote: > Hi Listers > > I have a great uncle, William Henry FARMER ( known as Billy) who was a > councillor for Wolverhampton for many years ( I've been told 25 years). He > died in 1962. I've wondered for some time, now, where I might find an obit. > Maybe, there was an article in the local newspaper about him. What > newspaper would I likely find such information? Did Wolverhampton have a > local newspaper at that time? If so, does it still exist and could someone > give me the address, please? Who would I write to for information on his > office as councillor such as length of time and when, and any important > issues he was involved in? > > I'd appreciate any advice someone could give me.TIA > > Pamela > Canada formerly Walsall > farmer@compusmart.ab.ca > > ==== STAFFORDSHIRE Mailing List ==== > The List Admin is Dave Ogden > d.ogden@cableinet.co.uk

Hi Carol Its all to do with boundary changes, at one time St,Mary s Handsworth was in Stafford , but them they changed it , now it comes under Birmingham, Warrickshire , all very confusing , I f you have to check anything up for Handsworth , look under West Bromwich it was a sub district, Staffordshire, and Warrickshire, thats the only way , when they changed the boundaries, the info was still left , so you do have to check the others, Cassy Carol Eggleston wrote: > Hello List, > > I am soooo confused. Is there a St. Mary's Church in both Stafford, > Stafford and Handsworth, Stafford? > > IGI has listed for baptisms St. Mary's Church, Stafford, Stafford, > England for some of my people. > > I have also found family on films that I ordered from the LDS for a St. > Mary's Church, Handsworth, Stafford. > > My question is, are these the same church or do I need to now order > films for St. Mary's Church, Stafford, Stafford, England. > > There were three series of numbers for films that included both St. > Mary's Stafford, Stafford and St. Mary's Handsworth, Stafford. > > Can someone please set me straight. > > Thank you from a very stressed family historian. > > Peace and Humor > Carol > Los Angeles, California, USA > > ==== STAFFORDSHIRE Mailing List ==== > The List Admin is Dave Ogden > d.ogden@cableinet.co.uk