Wendy It wouldn't be Park Town, off the Banbury Road, by any chance ? There is also a part of Henley-on-Thames known as Newtown. But I haven't a clue if that would have been known as Newtown 150 years ago ! Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: Wendy Archer <wharcher@cvd.co.uk> To: <WESSEX-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 11:29 AM Subject: Re: [WSX] Re: BARKER > Doug - > > > I'm trying to track down a William BARKER who was supposedly born c1833 in > NewTown, Oxford, England. He married in Australia in 1851. > > > > Cannot locate a NewTown in Oxfordshire although have been advised that > there is a Newtown in Hamps and a New Town in Glouc not far from > Oxfordshire. > > > > Is anyone able to help with New Town or locate possible family in 1841 > census ? > > I suspect that your New Town could be Newington, a few miles to the South > East of Oxford. The OFHS has not yet indexed the 1841 census in that area, > I'm afraid. I've looked at both the fully indexed 1851 census, and at the > pre-1837 marriage index - we're great indexers in Oxfordshire - and can't > find any BARKER events there, though, or in any other similar sounding > place. Nearby parishes to Newington do have BARKERs, though. > > We also have an Oxford City baptism index for the relevant period, but no > luck there! In order to be able to solve questions such as yours, the OFHS > has started compiling a baptism index for the county, of which I'm > coordinator. All our parish records are already transcribed & on > microfiche, but the transcriptions were done in the days of carbon paper, > not computers! So members of the OFHS, the Oxfordshire list & the Berkshire > list are all helping to digitize the baptisms by adopting parishes and > entering the events into spreadsheet format. Over a hundred volunteers have > joined in the project - but unfortunately for you although Newington's > been adopted it hasn't been completed. However, I've asked one of the > volunteers to check the transcripts for this entry for you, in hope! > > If you, or any other member of the WESSEX-PLUS list with Oxfordshire > interests, would like to adopt a parish, there are still some left to be > digitized - I'll be very pleased to hear from you! > > Another way to tackle the problem is to try to make contact with others > researching the same name as yourself in the county. each county has a > surname interest list - see > http://www.genuki.org.uk/indexes/SurnamesLists.html > > OXSIL, the Oxfordshire surname list at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~oxsil/surb.htm , shows two entries for BARKER. > Worth adding your name too ! > > I've also looked in the OFHS members' interest list - there is one > researcher listed as interested in all BARKERs in Oxford - let me know if > you'd like his address - he's in England. > -- > Wendy Archer > wharcher@cvd.co.uk > > OFHS Committee member > Oxfordshire baptism index coordinator > Listowner OXFORDSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com