Hi Diana How very kind of you to offer look-ups. I wouldn't want you to take time off from your own research, but if you should happen to notice a marriage of a William COX and a Mary, or baptisms of any of their children (Charles was bp in 1814, so round about then) I'd be truly delighted. Thank you so much! Kind regards Joy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diana Ingram" <diana.ingram@blueyonder.co.uk> To: <WESSEX-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 5:38 PM Subject: Re: [WSX] COX tale of woe > Hi Joy > > Hope you have stopped crying by now! > > If no-one else has replied I am going to the Somerset RO next Thursday (I > have a friend staying who is doing research in Somerset) and I could > possibly look up the Parish Reords/Bishops Transcripts while I am there. I > asked them to book a fiche reader for my friend and they have actually > booked me one too. Is there is not much for me to do i could do your > lookups instead. > > Let me know if this is of any help (some of my family come from chilcompton > and are still living there) > > Regards > > Diana > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joy Hungerford" <m.hungerford@ntlworld.com> > To: <WESSEX-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 1:35 PM > Subject: [WSX] COX tale of woe > > > > Hi Listers > > > > Sympathise, sympathise! > > I've just been trawling through film of the Bishops' Transcripts for > > Chilcompton. I found, in all, two entries for COX - one was the baptism of > > my 2GGF, Charles, in 1814, which I was very pleased about. The other was > > the child of another couple ten years later. > > > > Now, Charles's father, William, was a farmer. This suggests to me that you > > stay pretty much in one place for a long time, what with rotation of crops > > etc. It's not the sort of occupation where you flit about a lot. > > > > Many of the pages of the filmed documents had been sliced off, neatly > > severing the actual names of people. It wasn't that I had the film aligned > > badly; someone had whizzed through, not bothering to aim his camera > > properly. I am livid!! The very years in which COX activity could be > > expected are just the ones with useless film records. > > > > So - is it possible, kind listers, that these records have been more > > sensitively handled elsewhere? Might there be transcriptions hidden > > somewhere which might reveal the BMDs of my COX ancestors? > > > > Kind regards, amidst dabbing with tissues, > > > > Joy > > > > > > ==== WESSEX-PLUS Mailing List ==== > > Practice safe text - do NOT spread virus warnings on the list. > > Email the list administrators if you have any concerns > > > > > > > ==== WESSEX-PLUS Mailing List ==== > Genealogy isn't just for Christmas it's for all the year round and beyond into future years and future generations > >