Can anyone tell me if it is possible to have access (on-line?) to documents held in the Birmingham archives? I have spotted on the A2A site that they hold the "Sheldon papers" that include manorial records for Brailes in the 15th century. Having traced back a family to the early 1500s in that village, I'd love to see if these archives can help me get back even further (especially if they've been transcribed!) Grateful thanks for any advice that anyone can offer. Steve

Steve: Manorial records are wonderful, and can get you back even further than parish registers, and/or add detail to your ancestors' lives. One entry can give three generations or more of a family tree. But - and it's a big but - they are written in an abbreviated form of medieval Latin, and often in a difficult hand. It's possible to master this, but it does take quite a while, even if you already have classical Latin. The chances of them being transcribed are very small, and of being online either in the original or transcribed are virtually nil. Good luck Paul On 10 April 2010 10:44, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Can anyone tell me if it is possible to have access (on-line?) to documents > held in the Birmingham archives? > > I have spotted on the A2A site that they hold the "Sheldon papers" that > include manorial records for Brailes in the 15th century. > > Having traced back a family to the early 1500s in that village, I'd love to > see if these archives can help me get back even further (especially if > they've been transcribed!) > > Grateful thanks for any advice that anyone can offer. > > Steve > List archives are at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/WARWICK > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >