Hi Daphne The Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office List of Parish Registers indicates that Southbroom St James Parish Registers are now included under Devizes, North Wilts and that PRs are available at the Wiltshire RO as follows: Baptisms: 1572-1974 Marriages: 1572-1979 Burials: 1572:1946 Cassell's Gazetteer states that in 1900 the parish was partly within the borough of Devizes and that the church was rebuilt in 1834, apart from the tower. I note that the IGI Catalogue states that Southbroom was a chapelry within the parish of Bishop's Cannings which is 3 miles to the NE of Devizes, until 1832, when it became a perpetual curacy ie a curacy in which all the tithes are appropriated, and no vicarage is endowed - per Blackstone. The LDS appear to have the BTs and the PRs. Regards Paul Portland On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 14:27:36 +1300, you wrote: >Hi List, >Time to return and work on the Wessex lines. > >I have a possible JOSEPH BURDEN baptised 24 March 1731 at Southbroom St James Wilts the son of George Burden and Ann ( possible marriage same place 1722 ) > >Can anybody tell me where or what this is or should be ?? found nothing on the street map site. > >Many thanks >Daphne >N.Z. > >Researching HAYTER, BURDEN LODDER, HUNT all in the Gillingham Shaftsbury area 1720 - 1810. > > > >==== WESSEX-PLUS Mailing List ==== >If your relative was a mariner why not have a look at: >http://www.mariners-l.freeserve.co.uk/ >http://www.standard.net.au/~jwilliams/mariner1.htm > >