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Folks, Looking for SKS to visit the cemetery and jot down some names and dates,please. Eric

Does anyone have any history of the above farm? Pre 1900. Thank you, fortuna

My gr-grandfather Thomas Ray was born around 1839 in Salisbury, Wiltshire. I'm trying to find out who his parents were and if he had any siblings. He remained in Wiltshire until after his marriage in Jan 1863, and I have found him in the 1861 census but he was not living at home. Could anyone...

I am researching the ancestry of Mary Draper. She was born around 1798 in either Market Lavington or West Lavington, Wiltshire. In 1828 or so she was living in the Parish of St. Mary, Whitechapel. At about this time of her life, she met a man - Thomas Fanning - who, to all intents and...

I'm not sure if I should put this here or it is not the thing to do but want to help a Family that at one time lived in Bristol. After my Mothers death and the clearing of her house I found a large cardboard box owned by a tenant that had been in the house some 15 years earlier. This box is...

I'm trying to find out if an Ellen LONG that I've found in 3 censuses is actually my great-great-grandmother. In 1861, an Ellen LONG was living with her parents and siblings in Hackney, London. The family consisted of: Stephen LONG (34), Dinah LONG (32), Martha Ann LONG (10), George LONG (8),...

Nicholas Bundy abt 1707 Downton, Wiltshire, England (6th great grandfather), married Johanna (Jane) Longyears. Any information on this family would be greatly appreciated.

My great grandmother was Eliza Jane Adams of East Grafton, Wiltshire born 1850. Her brother was William Maurice Adams (born 1847) who was a teacher and author of local history books. I have a copy of his book 'Savenake, Wolfhall, Tottenham & the Battle of Great Bedwyn' but I am finding it hard to...

For those of you who has rellies in Colerne Wiltshire I have a list of families who were or had been affected by the Fire in Colerne 1774. It gives names of person who rents/owns the property his or her age, his or hers occupation, wife and childrens ages only, the value of what they lost. If...

I have found the following info both in the IGI and from looking at a wonderful copperplate transcript in the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre. All are in the parish of Shrewton: Marriage: DATE: 30 SEP 1652 GROOM: DYER als HUGHES William otp ...

I have been researching the FRY family from Wiltshire. Have come across Elizabeth Fry b 1834 Norton and think I have found 3 baptisms relating to her being: 16 Nov 1834 - Westport 14 Dec 1845 - Hullavington 6 Mar 1913 - Edington (Age 79 married )

Folks, Stephen marries Elizabeth Moger 10 Jan 1769 in Longbridge Deverill,witnesses James and Charles Maxfield, and have 11 children,his birth or baptism currently eludes me.I have James Maxfield and wife Ann having 10 children from 1743 to 1762 but no sign of Stephen. I had purchased the...

Hi...i am looking for info on the MAY family of Wiltshire...George May was born about 1790 in Mortimer, W. Berkshire and his wife Mary (unknown) was born about 1790 in Ufton, W. Berkshire. I don't know when they married...but they had, from what i've been able to find, 3 daughters...Mary (1829),...

Hello: I really don't have much to go on. Most of my information is from another link. Trying to connect a family to my lineage from Wiltshire, England. The trail runs dry. I have a William Palmer 1605-1670 from England (trying in Wiltshire) to wife Martha (American). His death was at age...

Hi members, Researching Richard Mills and Mills family in general from Bishopstrow Wiltshire in 1700s. Richard Mills and wife Elizabeth ( nee Hains born Norton Bavant) appear in 1841 census for West Knoyle. They are age 53 and 50 respectively which means Richard was born circa 1787/8. In...

Alfred was Governor of the prison on the 1861 census, born in Bremhill and m. Fanny Saunders 1832 in St Peters, Marlbourough, WILTS Any information about them would be great (death etc) but also some advice as to how I might search for information about his time as governor. Thanks Meegan ...

hi has anyone managed to untangle the dozens of perry's around charlton and rushall in wiltshire around the 1861 and 1841 census? i've got my great great grfather thomas perry back to 1811, when i looked through the full parish of charlton census all five pages it was peppered with perry's as was...

Charles Bolwell seems to have just disappeared. He was born in Salisbury in 1839, parents James and Mary. He appears with them in the 1851 census, age 12, then vanishes. I can't find a death or a marriage for him, and can't find him living elsewhere in any later censuses. Any suggestions? ...

My GGG Grandmother was Dennas Alice NEATE christened 31 Jan 1802 at Southbroom St James. Her Parents were Thomas NEATE and Eliz. She had at least five elder siblings; Sarah (chr. 1790), John (chr. 1792), Charles (chr. 1794), Hannah (chr. 1794) & Dinah (chr. 1795). Dennas Alice married Frederick...