Help to go back further than 1750's

[scouse007]

Hi
I am looking for help to go back further, My 4th G Grandfather Joseph Gibson born around 1753/7 in Liverpool Lancashire - he was a Slater and Plasterer by trade and possibly a jouneyman - I have his Marriage and death, married to Catherine Hughes on 14 Jan 1773 at St Peters Liverpool, I believe I would have to use Parish records, I have attempted this with not much success ...need more knowledge. I can not just go to the records office as I no longer live in Liverpool...were do I go from here, I am on Ancestry What would I have to do ? Any help would be appreciated.

[geneius]

You need to refer to Parish Registers (PRs) Bishops Transcripts ( BTs) are a copy of the PRs and may have transcription errors.

Any other record held by the Church

Liverpool Record Office may help ( I know of one RO that allows 10 mins to find copy etc for free but you virtually need to have a lot of detail)

Familysearh.org

There are resource centres where you can order the film for a small fee and view

https://www.lan-opc.org.uk/ Lancashire parish records.

Not all records have been digitalised yet!

YOu could also check out genuki.org.uk

[janbooth]

His burial record shows that he was aged 87 in 1837, so you could be looking for his birth/baptism as early as 1749. Looking at the baptisms in Liverpool c1750-60 on Ancestry, I cannot find a baptism for a Joseph GIBSON, but there is a baptism in 1750 for a John GIBSON son of Thos GIBSON, Glazier, & one in 1752 for a Mary GIBSON daughter of John GIBSON, Joiner which may be relevant to you given that both fathers were in the building trade and your Joseph was a Slater/Plasterer.

Janet