Hello there. I am finding it impossible to obtain records of my maternal great-great grandmother who was born in Howden in abt 1801. I am thinking of paying a researcher to do this work for me and wonder if anyone could suggest names for me? Thank you. Adrian.

From: ADRIAN GARDNER1 <adriangardner1@btinternet.com> > I am finding it impossible to obtain records of my maternal > great-great grandmother who was born in Howden in abt 1801. > > I am thinking of paying a researcher to do this work for me and > wonder if anyone could suggest names for me? > > Thank you. > > Adrian.< Presumably you've checked the IGI at FamilySearch and any other online resources? It would help if you had some idea as to what religion her family followed, since she may not necessarily have been christened in the Church of England, also if you told us what you had done already to save duplication of effort. You might also tell us under what name she was born - I presume it was Pennington. The National Index of Parish Registers for the East Riding (published by the Society of Genealogists) lists under Howden three Anglican churches, a Roman Catholic one and 14 Nonconformist chapels, though many of the latter were not open at the appropriate time. If you e-mail me direct I will tell you where the records are because they are not all in the same place. The original registers of Howden St Peter's parish church are in the East Riding Archives at Beverley with the bishop's transcripts at the Borthwick Institute in York. As a professional researcher, I would have taken it on myself but I live in Hertfordshire a long way from Yorkshire, so am not able to visit record offices up there. If you buy one of the commercial family history magazines you will find that they often carry ads for researchers in Yorkshire. There are other professional researchers on this list who may volunteer their services. -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer 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