Okay, I followed your directions and found everything you saw…I have the film numbers for Holy Trinity & the Wolverton census records. As I’ve never ordered anything from FHL, I have a few stupid questions:
(1) In a previous post you describe other Thorntons in Wormleighton, Warwickshire that claim their origin as Wolverton, Buckinghamshire…do you currently have access to this record, because I couldn’t locate an accessible data file? Do you have access to other Census records (e.g., 1841, 1861, 1871, 1881, and 1891)…were these the only two that looked like they might fit the bill of surname & place of birth?
(2) If I order the films of the baptisms, what are the chances that “my George” will be in there? Kind of a stupid question I know, but I have no experience here…
Thanks!
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25-10-2009, 5:54 PM #21cgthornton1Guest
Stupid Question of the Day!
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25-10-2009, 6:29 PM #22WirralGuest
I've never ordered anything either.
(1) In a previous post you describe other Thorntons in Wormleighton, Warwickshire that claim their origin as Wolverton, Buckinghamshire…do you currently have access to this record, because I couldn’t locate an accessible data file? Do you have access to other Census records (e.g., 1841, 1861, 1871, 1881, and 1891)…were these the only two that looked like they might fit the bill of surname & place of birth?(2) If I order the films of the baptisms, what are the chances that “my George” will be in there? Kind of a stupid question I know, but I have no experience here…
Thanks!
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25-10-2009, 8:23 PM #23cgthornton1Guest
I looked it up and there is a FHL 10 min from my work...I have everything I need...U R DA MAN! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
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25-10-2009, 9:50 PM #24sueannbowenGuest
In this case Chuck - she am de woman.
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25-10-2009, 9:55 PM #25sueannbowenGuest
the only Timothy Thornton RCs I can see in the non-conformist registers around 1838 ish are in Yorkshire.
S
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25-10-2009, 10:13 PM #26WirralGuest
Definitely, when I last looked!
George b.1807 would be 6 generations back, including yourself, so that means another possible 8 further generations to find a match. Guesstimating an average of 3 generations a century, that could take you back to the middle of the 16th century. Which could fit with a common ancestor of people going to Virginia c.1650. This is probably pretty bad science, but what the heck!
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25-10-2009, 10:21 PM #27
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25-10-2009, 10:27 PM #28cgthornton1Guest
ooops!
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25-10-2009, 10:47 PM #29cgthornton1Guest
What does "RCs" stand for, and what are the "non-conformist registers" and what's up with Timothy in Yorkshire?!?! I know "Yorks" (see, I'm learning!) is another county, but isn't it some distance from Warks?
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25-10-2009, 10:57 PM #30sueannbowenGuest
Sorry Chuck - what I meant was I had looked at the non-conformist (not church of England) registers (such as they are) on The Genealogist subscription website and the only Roman Catholic (RC) Baptisms for a Timothy Thornton were from Yorkshire. So there were not any for the place you are interested in or for the time. I was following up on one of Wirral or Geoffers earlier posts on Roman Catholics. This whole thing is as much about ruling things out as in!
Good luck with this.
Sue
Good man - Yorks(hire) is a long way away!Last edited by sueannbowen; 25-10-2009 at 10:59 PM. Reason: a bit more info. and not dire spelling which is good!
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