Genealogy Chat

Thanks Olde Crone, My Major is Robert Jen born St.Mary St.Hill ,Middlesex 1822 thats as far back as I'v gone on this side of my tree. Maybe they originated from Ireland then again I think it might have been the cockney dialect at the time- cos it was pretty broad then. Not so much now as its dying out. Thank you to all for all the help and info- Sylvie XX

I'm pleased to feel I've helped. I had a couple of hours at LMA a couple of weeks back and found a chunk of useful stuff... Parish register entries for my husband's ggg-grandfather's various marriages. I was very chuffed about finding the last one. I'd got it by putting together various snippets: his name is unusual, so I thought an 1841 marriage in FreeBMD worth a check, even though he'd obviously be a less-than-young groom by then; I'd found Directory entries saying he lived & worked in Wapping; I worked out which was the likely church and looked in the relevant quarter of the relevant year. Hey presto! What was even better was that an 1841 register entry requires the name & occupation of the fathers, so I got a glimpse of the next generation back. I have still to find the right register page for the gg-grandfather's baptism. I made a mistake copying the reference number for the film, so missed that opportunity. I'll have to try again next time. Christine

Thanks for that info Christine, I will make a note of all relevent data required and hopefully will find my lost LOOSTER Sylvie XX