It's a pity you didn't make it to Warwick, because the Record Office's online catalogue shows several documents relating to the Wigan family. The link seems to be with Fenny Compton, but that's not far away from Bishop's Itchington. Anyone who is interested in documents of this kind should look at the Record Office's online catalogue, Warwickshire's Past Unlocked, link from the Online Parish Clerk's (OPC's) web page http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/opc/opc.html Typing in Wigan brings up five interesting documents. It could be worthwhile typing in variants of that name, like Wygan, etc. Another wonderful collection also with an online Catalogue (link also from the OPC page) is the Shakespeare Memorial Trust, which has a great collection of documents relating to the Stratford area and south Warwickshire. Typing Wigan in their catalogue brings up 28 hits, although I haven't looked at them to see if they are particularly relevant. Of course, having written that, one has to recognize that these documents are often not easy to read, mainly because of the handwriting, and for the very early documents those who don't have a grounding in latin will find that slows them down even more. It once took me five days at Warwick to work through one document, even though it was in Englsih, and there were still some parts of it that I still wasn't entirely sure about. One problem is that the Warwick Record Office will not, quite rightly, photocopy these old documents, and it's very difficult to get a satisfactory digital photograph of them. I expect the SMT have the same policy. David. Joy Robbins wrote: > I have been trying to figure out where the Wigan family lived in Bishop's Itchington for some 200 years beginning about 1590. The first was William Wigan (Vicar, b.c.1550-d. 1616) and then his son John (then each generation switched names back and forth between William and John). They seem to have died out by 1800. There must be deeds or lease records to show place of residence, but they have eluded me. > > I was in England last month on my way to Warwick when I fell in London and badly smashed an arm, so had to return to US for surgery on the 3rd day of a 12-day stay. My mission was to find those records and others on this branch of the family. Any help or suggestions will be so appreciated. Vicar William ended up at Offchurch where he died and is buried in the church, but they all resided in B. I. > > Joy Wiggin > Georgia USA > > ------------------------------- > 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 > -- DF Consultancy 10 Searle Street Cambridge CB4 3DB