Hi William Did this answer your query?? ...we haven't heard back from you. Carole Hi William... I have checked the records for St. Giles, Exhall, nr. Coventry.... the baptism of Joseph Arch took place on 11 July 1773, son of James & Mary Arch. The registers are an absolute mess, but later in the book the Rev. John Thickins signed his name.... he was the Vicar of Exhall, nr. Coventry, so I think you can be sure that the baptism took place in that church, rather than Exhall with Wixford. Hope that helps Carole -----Original Message----- From: warwick-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:warwick-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of William Leece Sent: 26 October 2012 14:10 To: warwick@rootsweb.com Subject: [WAR] Arch family of Warwickshire - which village? Hello all, The trail of my mother's family leads back to Berkswell where the graves of my gt gt gt grand parents Joseph Arch (1774-1840) and his second wife Elizabeth (nee Riley), 1790-1860, lie close to the church. He appears to be the Joseph Arch, son of James and Mary Arch, baptised at Exhall in July 1773. Is there any quick way of finding if this is the Exhall in modern suburban Coventry or the Exhall near Stratford? There seem to have been Arches in Berkswell right back to the 17th century. Has anyone pedigreed the wider Arch family of Berkswell, or is that something that can done to keep me out of trouble? Thanks in advance, William Leece Liverpool ------------------------------- List archives are at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/WARWICK ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Sorry about the delay..yes, that makes things a bit clearer. I reckon that from here on in I'm going to have to do the rest of the spadework myself. There seem to be plenty of partial Arch family trees scattered across ancestry.co.uk, often with the aim of establishing a link to Joseph Arch (1826-1919), the agricultural trade unionist and MP who was born and brought up in Barford. >From my own researches it looks as if quite a few people have made some wrong assumptions - easily done as Warwickshire sometimes seems to be knee-deep in Joseph Arches! By that I mean linking the wrong Joseph to the wrong spouse, parent etc. As far as I'm concerned. if Joseph Arch MP suddenly ties into my family then good, there's a story to be told, but I'm more concerned about establishing solid links with those in direct line. Which particular record office holds the Berkswell parish records and/or the relevant BTs? Some family trees suggest there were Arches in Berkswell as far back as Tudor times - I'd love to see their research in detail. Thanks for all your help, William Leece Liverpool On 29 October 2012 07:35, Carole Eales <carole.eales@talktalk.net> wrote: > Hi William > Did this answer your query?? ...we haven't heard back from you. > Carole > > Hi William... > > I have checked the records for St. Giles, Exhall, nr. Coventry.... the > baptism of Joseph Arch took place on 11 July 1773, son of James & Mary > Arch. > > The registers are an absolute mess, but later in the book the Rev. John > Thickins signed his name.... he was the Vicar of Exhall, nr. Coventry, so I > think you can be sure that the baptism took place in that church, rather > than Exhall with Wixford. > > Hope that helps > > Carole > > -----Original Message----- > From: warwick-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:warwick-bounces@rootsweb.com]On > Behalf Of William Leece > Sent: 26 October 2012 14:10 > To: warwick@rootsweb.com > Subject: [WAR] Arch family of Warwickshire - which village? > > Hello all, > > The trail of my mother's family leads back to Berkswell where the graves of > my gt gt gt grand parents Joseph Arch (1774-1840) and his second wife > Elizabeth (nee Riley), 1790-1860, lie close to the church. > He appears to be the Joseph Arch, son of James and Mary Arch, baptised at > Exhall in July 1773. Is there any quick way of finding if this is the > Exhall in modern suburban Coventry or the Exhall near Stratford? > There seem to have been Arches in Berkswell right back to the 17th century. > Has anyone pedigreed the wider Arch family of Berkswell, or is that > something that can done to keep me out of trouble? > > Thanks in advance, > > William Leece > Liverpool > ------------------------------- > List archives are at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/WARWICK > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > List archives are at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/WARWICK > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >