Roy said, Use Google sensibly - that is, or should be, always the first starting point, rather than asking vague questions here. You have given some good answers to the questions asked, however you have spoilt it by your ending. Please indulge me by answering one for me. What is the point of this list.? I was under the impression that it was for all matters pertaining to West Riding. No one knows the lay of the land or where to get the information more than the Yorkshire listers. Of course we do not know Yorkshire very well, it is our ancestors who grew up there,so please pardon our ignorance,and be patient, we are on this list to learn. best regards, Annabelle.

Gail wrote, > > Your note about Samuel FIRTH caught my eye. I have a couple of FIRTH's > who were baptised in Birstall, Squire FIRTH bap. 31-08-1754 and his > daughter Judith FIRTH mar. John HOLLINGWORTH in St Peter's, Leeds, > 19-08-1816. Is there a connection to your family? Hello Gail, not that I am aware of. To be honest I do not think I can go further back on my Firth line.So many John Firths.I have a possible one...but , I cannot be sure.It is at this point one needs to tred carefully and see the actual records for clues. My Alford line had so many Johns and Williams, that I eventually ended up collecting all Alfords ,then sorting out the various lines back to 1576.Fortunately I could do this on my own doorstep. How lucky you are to have an unusual name, fortunately for me, my later Firth added Hector as a middle name, and I have recently found that after spending 50 years in India, he returned to Yorkshire to end his days.I have sent for his death certificate, but, oh joy and gladness, the postmen have now decided to go on strike.!! happy hunting, Annabelle.

Hello to all I'm new to your list. I live in NSW Australia and have been tracing my family in England for a number of months. I have just discovered that my g g grandfather was christened in 1823 at St Patricks Catholic Church York St Leeds. My g g g grandparents were Irish born (according to Census). My g g g grandfather fought in the Peninsular War until 1814. The next record I can find is the christening of his first child in 1821. I don't know why he was in England....trying to find his war records to see if this sheds some light on his movements Somewhere in there he was married- I'm guessing around 1820. Are there any marriage records for this period ? I don't know if he married in England.....clutching at straws really. The names I'm looking for are; David Lynch 16 April 1794; Eleanor Francis ?? 1798. Their children were Ellenor Lynch 1821–1851 David George Lynch 1823–( MY G G Grandfather) Elizabeth R Lynch 1824–1872 Patrick Lynch 1826–1882 Thomas Lynch 1826–1867 John Hastings Lynch 1830–1880 Andrew Lynch 1835–1893 All the children but Andrew were christened in Leeds. Eleanor is sometimes recorded as Helen. Can someone point me towards records for catholic marriages in the area? I appreciate any help given Terese NSW Australia

Hello Elaine Thanks for your helpful emails. I have noted the burial reference for George - looks like John's father. John Pick was also a stonemason ( from later census info) so it does seem to run in the family. A professional researcher searched for the "missing" children of John and Anne PICK in the Bramham and Boston parish registers ( and sent me copies of entries for the four known children found originally in the IGI). It is possible, though I judge unlikely, that the earlier baptisms were not CofE. I have seen the marriage record (Bristol) for Harriet PICK and Robert CALL and it seems to contain no info which would help with the Yorkshire problem - though there is a possibility that one of the witnesses is Yorkshire born too. I have a good pedigree for Robert CALL going back to the early 1700s - he came from Devon. He was a waiter who became a lodging house keeper. I will investigate the Hugh Wallis site and have noted your link for the Yorkshire Archeological Society. Thanks again for your valuable response. Ian L Ian L ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elaine Pickard" <trayford@rogers.com> To: "IAN LOGAN" <ian@logann.orangehome.co.uk>; <west-riding@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 4:03 AM Subject: Re: [WRY] PICK children born 1795-1801 > Just found John Pick's Christening on the IGI as you said in Spofforth. > His father was George and I believe he was the chap that was buried in > Boston Spa in 1816. He was aged 62. Buried 13 May. Could that be a match? > Seem to quite a few of them in Spofforth > > Elaine in Ottawa. > Sheffield Indexers Site Admin. > http://sheff-indexers.thewholeshebang.org > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "IAN LOGAN" <ian@logann.orangehome.co.uk> > To: <WEST-RIDING@rootsweb.com> > Sent: October 03, 2007 3:45 PM > Subject: [WRY] PICK children born 1795-1801 > > >> Hello from a newly joined lister with a Yorkshire brick wall !!. >> >> I am looking for the baptisms of three children believed born in the area >> between Leeds and York. We think one of them, Harriett PICK, is our >> direct ancestor.

Hello Roy Thanks for you response. I am not a complete beginner ( active as asker and answerer on a few other lists + a little experience of searching in county records offices/reference libraries down south) but I clearly have much to learn about family history research and about Yorkshire. I should have been more accurate about the FHS I was referring to. I had seen a reference to The City of York and District FHS CD/fiche set of burial records for the West Riding for the early 1800s in an archived posting to this list. I have now checked the CYD FHS website and see that they do sell such a CD but it starts in 1813 - too late for my problem. Getting a look at the National Burial Index does not seem to be too easy as some reference libraries do not hold it or only have Edition 1, but I am pursuing this with my local library ( as well as access to the LDS BVRI which might help me with gaps in the IGI). I will also, as you have helpfully suggested, look at the Yorkshire A S website. Cheers Ian L ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Stockdill" <roy.stockdill@btinternet.com> To: <west-riding@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 10:17 PM Subject: Re: [WRY] PICK children - burial 1795-1801 > From: "IAN LOGAN" <ian@logann.orangehome.co.uk> > >> Does some kind person have the YORKS FHS West Riding burials CD or >> fiche covering the period 1795-1801. I would be very grateful if a >> search could be made for burials of any children with surname PICK >> aged infant to 6 in this period anywhere within West Riding. >> >> I am trying to find three "missing" children of John PICK and Ann PICK >> nee HANSON, married St Peter Leeds 1795 and were known to be living in >> Bramham/Boston Spa in 1802.> > > You clearly don't know Yorkshire very well. There is no such thing as a > Yorkshire FHS! Most counties do indeed have just one family history > society but at the last count Yorkshire had 17 of them - or is it 19, I > forget? The county is so vast that there are Yorkshire family history > societies all over the place, many of them in the West Riding. > > Nor is there any such thing as a Yorkshire FHS West Riding burials CD. > There is the National Burial Index 2nd edition which covers England and > Wales, including more than 1 million entries from Yorkshire, and some > Yorkshire societies have their own burial records which they have > transcribed and put onto fiche or CD. > > If your ancestors came from Leeds they would come under the Yorkshire > Archaeological Society's family history and population section, so why > don't you look at their website and see what is available? Use Google > sensibly - that is, or should be, always the first starting point, rather > than > asking vague questions here. > -- > Roy Stockdill > Editor, Journal of One-Name Studies >

My Firths are Joshua, son of John, baptised Birstall 1781, Joshua's son George, baptised Hartshead 1811, and George's daughter Mary Margaret, born 1837 in Roberttown. There is a large, prominent Firth tomb (column style if I remember correctly from many years ago) in Roberttown churchyard. I wrote to the Parish Church in Roberttown last April asking if someone could look exactly who is mentioned on the memorial, but did not get a reply. If anyone lives nearby, I should really appreciate knowing. Regards Margaret Switzerland On 4 Oct 2007, at 11:15, gball@oddpost.com wrote: Hello Annabelle, May I just start by saying what a wonderful job carers are doing in our community. You have my upmost admiration for all the hard work you do. I know you probably don't see it as work, but I'm sure you know what I mean :-) Your note about Samuel FIRTH caught my eye. I have a couple of FIRTH's who were baptised in Birstall, Squire FIRTH bap. 31-08-1754 and his daughter Judith FIRTH mar. John HOLLINGWORTH in St Peter's, Leeds, 19-08-1816. Is there a connection to your family? Kind regards, Gail ----- Original Message ---- From: Annabelle Sutton <annabelle@sutton86.fsnet.co.uk> To: west-riding@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, 4 October, 2007 11:03:30 AM Subject: Re: [WRY] PICK children born 1795-1801 and thank you Anne Lucas. Hello , while I appreciate what Roy is saying, (I myself spent 2 years searching for my Alford line in Devon, befor I was on the web or knew about the L.D.S.) I cannot go along with all he says. Yes, we can all access the L.D.S. IF, we are able.My nearest L.D.S.centre is about 50 miles away, and as I care for 2 disabled family members, I am VERY limited on the time I have for myself. I know there are many people out there who are disabled and elderly, and maybe like me, care for disabled and are unable to get to these centres.The only way we can attempt to research when we are tied, is on the web.Some, maybe, are unable to afford to pay for researchers, and hope by joining a list like this someone will help. O.K. some go over the top,some maybe are trying to take advantage, but not all. I would like to thank Anne Lucas for the recent help she has given me, it was much appreciated, and I do know how hard it is going through old records.My Samuel Firth who said he was born in Dewsbury (maybe he was) was christened in Birstall. I found the Genuki site, recomended by someone on the list, very useful http://www.genuki.org.uk/contents/ and this site which tells me which records have been filmed by the L.D.S. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/ CountryEngland.htm#PageTitle best wishes, Annabelle. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WEST-RIDING- request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WEST-RIDING- request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Anabelle, I have found that many of my Firths (and other names) in the area have used Bristall, Hartshead and Dewsbury parishes almost at will, so your Samual could have been born in one and baptised in the other. Good luck with your research Margaret Switzerland On 4 Oct 2007, at 11:03, Annabelle Sutton wrote: Hello , while I appreciate what Roy is saying, (I myself spent 2 years searching for my Alford line in Devon, befor I was on the web or knew about the L.D.S.) I cannot go along with all he says. Yes, we can all access the L.D.S. IF, we are able.My nearest L.D.S.centre is about 50 miles away, and as I care for 2 disabled family members, I am VERY limited on the time I have for myself. I know there are many people out there who are disabled and elderly, and maybe like me, care for disabled and are unable to get to these centres.The only way we can attempt to research when we are tied, is on the web.Some, maybe, are unable to afford to pay for researchers, and hope by joining a list like this someone will help. O.K. some go over the top,some maybe are trying to take advantage, but not all. I would like to thank Anne Lucas for the recent help she has given me, it was much appreciated, and I do know how hard it is going through old records.My Samuel Firth who said he was born in Dewsbury (maybe he was) was christened in Birstall. I found the Genuki site, recomended by someone on the list, very useful http://www.genuki.org.uk/contents/ and this site which tells me which records have been filmed by the L.D.S. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/ CountryEngland.htm#PageTitle best wishes, Annabelle. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WEST-RIDING- request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello , while I appreciate what Roy is saying, (I myself spent 2 years searching for my Alford line in Devon, befor I was on the web or knew about the L.D.S.) I cannot go along with all he says. Yes, we can all access the L.D.S. IF, we are able.My nearest L.D.S.centre is about 50 miles away, and as I care for 2 disabled family members, I am VERY limited on the time I have for myself. I know there are many people out there who are disabled and elderly, and maybe like me, care for disabled and are unable to get to these centres.The only way we can attempt to research when we are tied, is on the web.Some, maybe, are unable to afford to pay for researchers, and hope by joining a list like this someone will help. O.K. some go over the top,some maybe are trying to take advantage, but not all. I would like to thank Anne Lucas for the recent help she has given me, it was much appreciated, and I do know how hard it is going through old records.My Samuel Firth who said he was born in Dewsbury (maybe he was) was christened in Birstall. I found the Genuki site, recomended by someone on the list, very useful http://www.genuki.org.uk/contents/ and this site which tells me which records have been filmed by the L.D.S. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountryEngland.htm#PageTitle best wishes, Annabelle.

Hello Can anybody shed any light on the description of this picture? http://www.twixtaireandcalder.org.uk/cgi-bin/MsmGo.exe?grab_id=0&page_id=1209&query=frost&SCOPE=www.twixtaireandcalder.org.uk&hiword=FROSTED%20FROSTS%20FROSTY%20frost%20 The description is * * A black and white photograph showing Ackton Hall, Ackton Lane, North Featherstone. During the Plantagenet period from the twelfth to the fifteenth century, Ackton Hall was the home of the Featherstone Family. In the early fifteenth century one of the Frosts, an ancient Normanton family married the heiress of the Featherstones. Currently I can trace my history back to Joshua Frost who was married in 1797, he is my brickwall. As my descendants all lived in and around Wakefield it is possible that they could be related to these ancient family of Frosts. Does anyone on this list research the Featherstone's of Acton Hall? Do they have any information on this branch? Here's hoping Steve Frost

Hello Annabelle, May I just start by saying what a wonderful job carers are doing in our community. You have my upmost admiration for all the hard work you do. I know you probably don't see it as work, but I'm sure you know what I mean :-) Your note about Samuel FIRTH caught my eye. I have a couple of FIRTH's who were baptised in Birstall, Squire FIRTH bap. 31-08-1754 and his daughter Judith FIRTH mar. John HOLLINGWORTH in St Peter's, Leeds, 19-08-1816. Is there a connection to your family? Kind regards, Gail ----- Original Message ---- From: Annabelle Sutton <annabelle@sutton86.fsnet.co.uk> To: west-riding@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, 4 October, 2007 11:03:30 AM Subject: Re: [WRY] PICK children born 1795-1801 and thank you Anne Lucas. Hello , while I appreciate what Roy is saying, (I myself spent 2 years searching for my Alford line in Devon, befor I was on the web or knew about the L.D.S.) I cannot go along with all he says. Yes, we can all access the L.D.S. IF, we are able.My nearest L.D.S.centre is about 50 miles away, and as I care for 2 disabled family members, I am VERY limited on the time I have for myself. I know there are many people out there who are disabled and elderly, and maybe like me, care for disabled and are unable to get to these centres.The only way we can attempt to research when we are tied, is on the web.Some, maybe, are unable to afford to pay for researchers, and hope by joining a list like this someone will help. O.K. some go over the top,some maybe are trying to take advantage, but not all. I would like to thank Anne Lucas for the recent help she has given me, it was much appreciated, and I do know how hard it is going through old records.My Samuel Firth who said he was born in Dewsbury (maybe he was) was christened in Birstall. I found the Genuki site, recomended by someone on the list, very useful http://www.genuki.org.uk/contents/ and this site which tells me which records have been filmed by the L.D.S. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountryEngland.htm#PageTitle best wishes, Annabelle. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Just found John Pick's Christening on the IGI as you said in Spofforth. His father was George and I believe he was the chap that was buried in Boston Spa in 1816. He was aged 62. Buried 13 May. Could that be a match? Seem to quite a few of them in Spofforth Elaine in Ottawa. Sheffield Indexers Site Admin. http://sheff-indexers.thewholeshebang.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "IAN LOGAN" <ian@logann.orangehome.co.uk> To: <WEST-RIDING@rootsweb.com> Sent: October 03, 2007 3:45 PM Subject: [WRY] PICK children born 1795-1801 > Hello from a newly joined lister with a Yorkshire brick wall !!. > > I am looking for the baptisms of three children believed born in the area > between Leeds and York. We think one of them, Harriett PICK, is our direct > ancestor. She married Robert CALL in 1820 in Bristol and census records > are fairly consistent with birthplace Bramham/Boston Spa, Yorks , > birthdate 1797. Her baptism could not be found in actual searches of the > Bramham/Boston parish registers. > > A John PICK and Ann HANSON were married in Leeds (St Peter) 10 Nov 1795. > He was baptised in Spofforth, she in Leeds St Peter. Four children of this > couple were baptised in Bramham - David PICK 1802, Mary Ann PICK 1804, > Samuel PICK 1806 and Jane PICK 1809. The parish register entry for David > shows him as child number 4, and the other children are numbered in the > registers too. > > We think , but cannot prove, that this couple had at least three children > before David and that one of them might be our Harriett PICK. We think it > likely that these three children would have been baptised and it seems > probable that this would have been in parishes in the area between Leeds > and York. IGI searches have not yielded any results - probably because > there are big gaps in the IGI coverage in this area of Yorkshire. > > Does SKS have easy access to any or all of the following parish > baptism/burial records for the period 1793 to 1802: > > Collingham, Newton Kyme, Bardsey, Thorner, Barwick in Elmet, Aberford, > Saxton, Tadcaster, Harewood, Kirkby Overblow, Spofforth, Adel and the > various parishes of Leeds. > > If so I would be very grateful if a search could be made for the > baptism/burial of any child of John and Ann PICK in the period 1793-1802. > > Information about any other PICK baptisms/burials during that period in > these parishes would be very welcome too. > > Thank you > > Ian L > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.0/1046 - Release Date: 10/3/2007 > 10:08 AM > >

From: "IAN LOGAN" <ian@logann.orangehome.co.uk> > Hello from a newly joined lister with a Yorkshire brick wall !!. > > I am looking for the baptisms of three children believed born in the > area between Leeds and York. We think one of them, Harriett PICK, is > our direct ancestor. She married Robert CALL in 1820 in Bristol and > census records are fairly consistent with birthplace Bramham/Boston > Spa, Yorks , birthdate 1797. Her baptism could not be found in actual > searches of the Bramham/Boston parish registers. > > A John PICK and Ann HANSON were married in Leeds (St Peter) 10 Nov > 1795. He was baptised in Spofforth, she in Leeds St Peter. Four > children of this couple were baptised in Bramham - David PICK 1802, > Mary Ann PICK 1804, Samuel PICK 1806 and Jane PICK 1809. The parish > register entry for David shows him as child number 4, and the other > children are numbered in the registers too. > > We think , but cannot prove, that this couple had at least three > children before David and that one of them might be our Harriett PICK. > We think it likely that these three children would have been baptised > and it seems probable that this would have been in parishes in the > area between Leeds and York. IGI searches have not yielded any results > - probably because there are big gaps in the IGI coverage in this area > of Yorkshire. > > Does SKS have easy access to any or all of the following parish > baptism/burial records for the period 1793 to 1802: > > Collingham, Newton Kyme, Bardsey, Thorner, Barwick in Elmet, Aberford, > Saxton, Tadcaster, Harewood, Kirkby Overblow, Spofforth, Adel and the > various parishes of Leeds.> Do you have the remotest idea of how big Yorkshire is and how big the area between Leeds and York is? Why don't you look at the web pages of the Yorkshire Parish Register Society - I think you will find they have published some of the records of the parishes you name? You can buy them either in book form, fiche or on CD. You will also find that many, if not all, of these parish registers have been filmed by the LDS, so why not find an LDS Family History Centre and ask them to get the films for you and you can search them yourself. Seriously, what you are asking here is for someone to do weeks, possibly months, of unpaid research! -- Roy Stockdill Editor, Journal of One-Name Studies Guild of One-Name Studies website: www.one-name.org Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE

Hi Ian, If David was a stone Mason I think he's in Boston Spa on the 1851 census. States he was born in Bramham. Were the whole family stones Masons? That time period was when Boston Spa and area were growing so there would be a call for them. You seem to have gone through the census and some Parish Registers i.e. Bramham? Boston Spa's Church I believe wasn't built until 1815 so long after the children were baptised at Bramham.. I would work in a circular motion around Bramham hitting all the churches in a 5 mile radius Looking at the long list of Parishes you require a look up for it might be worth your while to contact the YAS http://www.laplata.co.uk/yas/content/public.html Is the marriage entry in Bristol not able to help at all? I notice on the 1841 census that Robert wasn't from Bristol either. Have you traced where he was born? Harriet was a tailors apprentice which I could see being from the Leeds area. I have looked at the NBI for Pick and the earliest burial is 1816 in the Boston Spa area of West Yorkshire, so that doesn't help much. I can't see one David on a later disc. I did notice on two later census that the census taker has Boston down as place of birth. So I would presume your research has ruled out that possibility. The Hugh Wallace Site has Boston Spa on it and many of the other places you were asking about. Check the LDS Family History Library out to see if any that are not on Hugh's site have been filmed. Just further suggestions for your research. Kindest regards. Elaine in Ottawa. Sheffield Indexers Site Admin. http://sheff-indexers.thewholeshebang.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "IAN LOGAN" <ian@logann.orangehome.co.uk> To: <WEST-RIDING@rootsweb.com> Sent: October 03, 2007 3:45 PM Subject: [WRY] PICK children born 1795-1801 > Hello from a newly joined lister with a Yorkshire brick wall !!. > > I am looking for the baptisms of three children believed born in the area > between Leeds and York. We think one of them, Harriett PICK, is our direct > ancestor. She married Robert CALL in 1820 in Bristol and census records > are fairly consistent with birthplace Bramham/Boston Spa, Yorks , > birthdate 1797. Her baptism could not be found in actual searches of the > Bramham/Boston parish registers. > > A John PICK and Ann HANSON were married in Leeds (St Peter) 10 Nov 1795. > He was baptised in Spofforth, she in Leeds St Peter. Four children of this > couple were baptised in Bramham - David PICK 1802, Mary Ann PICK 1804, > Samuel PICK 1806 and Jane PICK 1809. The parish register entry for David > shows him as child number 4, and the other children are numbered in the > registers too. > > We think , but cannot prove, that this couple had at least three children > before David and that one of them might be our Harriett PICK. We think it > likely that these three children would have been baptised and it seems > probable that this would have been in parishes in the area between Leeds > and York. IGI searches have not yielded any results - probably because > there are big gaps in the IGI coverage in this area of Yorkshire. > > Does SKS have easy access to any or all of the following parish > baptism/burial records for the period 1793 to 1802: > > Collingham, Newton Kyme, Bardsey, Thorner, Barwick in Elmet, Aberford, > Saxton, Tadcaster, Harewood, Kirkby Overblow, Spofforth, Adel and the > various parishes of Leeds. > > If so I would be very grateful if a search could be made for the > baptism/burial of any child of John and Ann PICK in the period 1793-1802. > > Information about any other PICK baptisms/burials during that period in > these parishes would be very welcome too. > > Thank you > > Ian L > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.0/1046 - Release Date: 10/3/2007 > 10:08 AM > >

From: "IAN LOGAN" <ian@logann.orangehome.co.uk> > Does some kind person have the YORKS FHS West Riding burials CD or > fiche covering the period 1795-1801. I would be very grateful if a > search could be made for burials of any children with surname PICK > aged infant to 6 in this period anywhere within West Riding. > > I am trying to find three "missing" children of John PICK and Ann PICK > nee HANSON, married St Peter Leeds 1795 and were known to be living in > Bramham/Boston Spa in 1802.> You clearly don't know Yorkshire very well. There is no such thing as a Yorkshire FHS! Most counties do indeed have just one family history society but at the last count Yorkshire had 17 of them - or is it 19, I forget? The county is so vast that there are Yorkshire family history societies all over the place, many of them in the West Riding. Nor is there any such thing as a Yorkshire FHS West Riding burials CD. There is the National Burial Index 2nd edition which covers England and Wales, including more than 1 million entries from Yorkshire, and some Yorkshire societies have their own burial records which they have transcribed and put onto fiche or CD. If your ancestors came from Leeds they would come under the Yorkshire Archaeological Society's family history and population section, so why don't you look at their website and see what is available? Use Google sensibly - that is, or should be, always the first starting point, rather than asking vague questions here. -- Roy Stockdill Editor, Journal of One-Name Studies Guild of One-Name Studies website: www.one-name.org Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE

Hello listers Does some kind person have the YORKS FHS West Riding burials CD or fiche covering the period 1795-1801. I would be very grateful if a search could be made for burials of any children with surname PICK aged infant to 6 in this period anywhere within West Riding. I am trying to find three "missing" children of John PICK and Ann PICK nee HANSON, married St Peter Leeds 1795 and were known to be living in Bramham/Boston Spa in 1802. Thanks Ian L ----- Original Message ----- From: "IAN LOGAN" <ian@logann.orangehome.co.uk> To: <WEST-RIDING@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 8:45 PM Subject: [WRY] PICK children born 1795-1801 > Hello from a newly joined lister with a Yorkshire brick wall !!. > > I am looking for the baptisms of three children believed born in the area > between Leeds and York. We think one of them, Harriett PICK, is our direct > ancestor. She married Robert CALL in 1820 in Bristol and census records > are fairly consistent with birthplace Bramham/Boston Spa, Yorks , > birthdate 1797. Her baptism could not be found in actual searches of the > Bramham/Boston parish registers. > > A John PICK and Ann HANSON were married in Leeds (St Peter) 10 Nov 1795. > He was baptised in Spofforth, she in Leeds St Peter. Four children of this > couple were baptised in Bramham - David PICK 1802, Mary Ann PICK 1804, > Samuel PICK 1806 and Jane PICK 1809. The parish register entry for David > shows him as child number 4, and the other children are numbered in the > registers too. > > We think , but cannot prove, that this couple had at least three children > before David and that one of them might be our Harriett PICK. We think it > likely that these three children would have been baptised and it seems > probable that this would have been in parishes in the area between Leeds > and York. IGI searches have not yielded any results - probably because > there are big gaps in the IGI coverage in this area of Yorkshire. > > Does SKS have easy access to any or all of the following parish > baptism/burial records for the period 1793 to 1802: > > Collingham, Newton Kyme, Bardsey, Thorner, Barwick in Elmet, Aberford, > Saxton, Tadcaster, Harewood, Kirkby Overblow, Spofforth, Adel and the > various parishes of Leeds. > > If so I would be very grateful if a search could be made for the > baptism/burial of any child of John and Ann PICK in the period 1793-1802. > > Information about any other PICK baptisms/burials during that period in > these parishes would be very welcome too. > > Thank you > > Ian L > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.0/1046 - Release Date: > 03/10/2007 10:08 > >

Hello from a newly joined lister with a Yorkshire brick wall !!. I am looking for the baptisms of three children believed born in the area between Leeds and York. We think one of them, Harriett PICK, is our direct ancestor. She married Robert CALL in 1820 in Bristol and census records are fairly consistent with birthplace Bramham/Boston Spa, Yorks , birthdate 1797. Her baptism could not be found in actual searches of the Bramham/Boston parish registers. A John PICK and Ann HANSON were married in Leeds (St Peter) 10 Nov 1795. He was baptised in Spofforth, she in Leeds St Peter. Four children of this couple were baptised in Bramham - David PICK 1802, Mary Ann PICK 1804, Samuel PICK 1806 and Jane PICK 1809. The parish register entry for David shows him as child number 4, and the other children are numbered in the registers too. We think , but cannot prove, that this couple had at least three children before David and that one of them might be our Harriett PICK. We think it likely that these three children would have been baptised and it seems probable that this would have been in parishes in the area between Leeds and York. IGI searches have not yielded any results - probably because there are big gaps in the IGI coverage in this area of Yorkshire. Does SKS have easy access to any or all of the following parish baptism/burial records for the period 1793 to 1802: Collingham, Newton Kyme, Bardsey, Thorner, Barwick in Elmet, Aberford, Saxton, Tadcaster, Harewood, Kirkby Overblow, Spofforth, Adel and the various parishes of Leeds. If so I would be very grateful if a search could be made for the baptism/burial of any child of John and Ann PICK in the period 1793-1802. Information about any other PICK baptisms/burials during that period in these parishes would be very welcome too. Thank you Ian L

Dear All I have been trying to find the family of Sarah MARSH who married Thomas RISHWORTH in the 1790s in Wakefield. Recently I discovered a birth of a William MARSH s/o of William and Ann MARSH in 1791. This puts William the father roughly in the same age bracket as Sarah. His wife Ann could be the Ann HARDY in a marriage dated 1788 in Terrington with Wiganthorpe. it looks as if William and Ann had at least 2 children in Wakefield. Is anyone on the list researching the MARSH family of Wakefield, or that in Terrington with Wiganthorpe? Regards beth in NS

My B's were in Harewood when Mary BICKERDIKE was bpt 1692 d/o William Bickerdike and Jane Taylor who are my 7gg. Mary mar'd John CROSSFIELD inar'd 1717 and raised a family at Harewood. Any connection? - GAIL in Ontario

Thank you very much for that, Kim, it looks a very interesting site. At least I now know I was reading the address correctly. Joan On 29/09/2007, Kim Groothuis <kimsfamilyhistory@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > Joan > > "A vision of Britain" http://vision.edina.ac.uk/index.jsp > has this. My 1906 map is not much help, but from the description of the > enumeration district it seems to be adjacent to Crackenedge, at the > 'Dewsbury end' of Batley Carr > > Kim > > BATLEY-CARR, a hamlet and a chapelry in Batley and Dewsbury parishes, W. > R. Yorkshire. The hamlet stands ¾ of a mile S of Batley, and has a post > office under Dewsbury. The chapelry was constituted in 1842. Rated property, > £6,505. Pop., 3,859. Houses, 796. The property is much subdivided. The > living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £150. Patron, the Vicar > of Dewsbury. The church is good. > (John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)) > ROADSIDE (New), a hamlet in Batley parish, W. R. Yorkshire; near > Dewsbury. > (John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)) > > Joan Smith <amberleigh04@gmail.com> wrote: > Could some kind soul, perhaps with local knowledge, clarify an address > in > the above census for me please. > The address appears to be Batley Carr roadside. > > Joan in South Yorkshire > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Answers - Get better answers from someone who knows. Tryit now. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Joan "A vision of Britain" http://vision.edina.ac.uk/index.jsp has this. My 1906 map is not much help, but from the description of the enumeration district it seems to be adjacent to Crackenedge, at the 'Dewsbury end' of Batley Carr Kim BATLEY-CARR, a hamlet and a chapelry in Batley and Dewsbury parishes, W. R. Yorkshire. The hamlet stands ¾ of a mile S of Batley, and has a post office under Dewsbury. The chapelry was constituted in 1842. Rated property, £6,505. Pop., 3,859. Houses, 796. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £150. Patron, the Vicar of Dewsbury. The church is good. (John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)) ROADSIDE (New), a hamlet in Batley parish, W. R. Yorkshire; near Dewsbury. (John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)) Joan Smith <amberleigh04@gmail.com> wrote: Could some kind soul, perhaps with local knowledge, clarify an address in the above census for me please. The address appears to be Batley Carr roadside. Joan in South Yorkshire --------------------------------- Yahoo! Answers - Get better answers from someone who knows. Tryit now.