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

Yes you can sort out the two Exhalls, but probably not from the Warwickshire online parish registers unless there are "abodes" noted on the page which list places that occur in one of the parishes, but not the other. I believe each church is dedicated to the same saint, which makes confusion even more likely :-( However, the Bishops Transcripts [these end in 1837 for marriages, and most others end 1840s] for the two Exhalls fall into different dioceses. Exhall-juxta-Coventry is in the old diocese of Lichfield - where its BTs are held; Exhall-juxta-Alcester falls into Worcester...where its BTs will be. You MAY be able to work it out from the IGI/FamilySearch as some of their indexes were made from BTs, it takes a bit of clicking through film numbers/sources to get to the actual source, but it may sort out the problem. Jacqui ----- Original Message ----- From: William Leece To: warwick@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 2:09 PM 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

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