Genealogy Chat

Ancestry have put up West Yorkshire records, so excited think I have found gg grandmothers birth, parents Joshua and Martha not quite run of the mill names, would you adam and eve it, yes two Joshua and Martha's married within 3 yrs same church. 17 children over 29 yrs. who belongs to who? Oh well back to the drawing board..

Carol :-S

No mention of the father's occupation on the birth / baptism entries?

Gwyn

No Gwyn, unfortunatly back in 1786, never gave occupation.

Carol

hi ihad the same problem searching my husbands Jones side of the family,
they didnt have as many as 17 children but brothers and cousins called their children the same names,ie thomas jones(12 all around the same age) samuel(7) the best was john(22)several the same age give or take a year or two.i gave up in the end. :-D

Might be worth trying to trace back the two Joshua lines, they could have been cousins In that case you would know a couple of G5grandparents.

Also worth checking whether any Joshuas and/or Marthas were around in 1841 and if so who they were living with. Maybe the names of the children give a clue to which family they come from.

I presume you have checked for wills which may mention children by name.

Ken

Suzanne, know where you are coming from, this has happened a lot to me recently. Yes Ken, have found a Martha in 1841 with two adults, one Mary age 35 with a Josha age 14 so assume she is married to their son with a grandchild also called Josha, so it could still pan out.

Carol

Many baptisms have the abode of the child, is it worth checking the original to see if this is entered. I read some baptisms of 1720 the other day where there was just a couple of letters after the father's name which I eventually realised was an abbreviation of their abode which proved very helpful.-jl

Yes Janet, really must pay a visit to West Yorkshire, and check out parish records. As this was my only known relative from Yorkshire have not done much research on her. Time to get the maps out.

Carol

I didnt know this Carol i will have to get looking next week at the West Yorkshire records.



Rob :-D

Can not belive i mist that it shows you on ancestry home page new west yorkshire records IN RED lol thanks for the heads up Carol god knows how i didnt see that.


Rob

I know Rob only saw it yesterday, they are quite extensive, good luck with your search.

Carol :-D

Yes Carol thanks and you with yours :-)


Rob