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

Hi Steve I admire your optimism ! :-) I would be most surprised if the documents you are after have been scanned much less transcribed I would have thought contacting the archives who hold them would be your best bet Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > 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, I too have an interest in manorial records for Brailes and for the area around Cherington/Whichford/Stourton. Although I have a degree of doubt, I believe that I can possibly trace my Timms line back to a Richard Tymes and a Fraunces Eddes who married in Sutton under Brailes on November 28, 1579. I would be open to possibly jointly retaining a reasonably priced researcher. I previously had such a person and am willing to see if she is still available. Are you interested? Roger Timms To look at my tree, go to http://www.timms.ca and follow the links to my genealogy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 11:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [WAR] Advice wanted on access to documents 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

Dear Steve I too have interests in Brailes, I am researching EDDEN. I once ordered a document from there, a will, and they posted it to me.  It wasn't very expensive, but as other list members have said, you would need it properly translating. The "Sheldon papers", do these relate to the SHELDON family of Brailes? Do you know that there is a Brailes village website with some keen genealogists on the forum? It's worth checking this one out, they are very helpful. The web site is: www.brailesvillage.co.uk Kind regardsLynne ---------------------------------------- > From: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 11:21:31 -0400 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [WAR] Advice wanted on access to documents > > 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 _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969

Many old documents because of their fragility or their format cannot easily be photocopied. It may also be a little complicated to photograph with an ordinary digital camera the whole text of large deeds, long rolled documents, etc on parchment. However, the record office concerned will be able to tell you whether copies can be made or not. MAR in France. > Message du 11/04/10 14:10 > De : "lynne scaife" > A : "warwick new list" > Copie à : > Objet : Re: [WAR] Advice wanted on access to documents > > > > Dear Steve > I too have interests in Brailes, I am researching EDDEN. > I once ordered a document from there, a will, and they posted it to me. It wasn't very expensive, but as other list members have said, you would need it properly translating. > The "Sheldon papers", do these relate to the SHELDON family of Brailes? > Do you know that there is a Brailes village website with some keen genealogists on the forum? It's worth checking this one out, they are very helpful. The web site is: > www.brailesvillage.co.uk > Kind regardsLynne > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > From: [email protected] > > Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 11:21:31 -0400 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [WAR] Advice wanted on access to documents > > > > 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 > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. > https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969 > 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 > >