Genealogy Chat

I don't know where to begin with Parish records. I don't understand them. Can anyone explain them to me? Thanks.

Emily who are you looking for and when were they born? Georgina.

I am going to add this reply to the before 1837 thread as other people might be interested.

Ideally, I'm looking for Peter Unsworth, born in 1803, in either Lancashire or Cheshire. He was my gt x 4 grandfather.

Emily on the IGI there are about 8 Peter Unsworths born in Lancashire around 1803 do you have an exact area or parents names? Georgina.

Ashton??

Are either of these him from the 1841 census? James Unsworth abt 1829 Lancashire, England Leigh Lancashire John Unsworth abt 1826 Lancashire, England Leigh Lancashire Margaret Unsworth abt 1806 Lancashire, England Leigh Lancashire Peter Unsworth abt 1801 Lancashire, England Leigh Lancashire Ann Unsworth abt 1840 Lancashire, England Leigh Lancashire Betty Unsworth abt 1802 Lancashire, England Leigh Lancashire James Unsworth abt 1836 Lancashire, England Leigh Lancashire John Unsworth abt 1832 Lancashire, England Leigh Lancashire Mary Unsworth abt 1834 Lancashire, England Leigh Lancashire Peter Unsworth abt 1801 Lancashire, England Leigh Lancashire William Unsworth abt 1838 Lancashire, England Leigh Lancashire Georgina.

If Emily means Parish & Probate off Ancestry I'd love to know what it's all about too. BUT Emily, if you mean IGI it's easy, if a bit time consuming. google 'Hugh Wallis' to get into the site, choose your county, if you have an idea of the town it helps. 'C' numbers are christenings (which often give parents' names), M numbers are marriages & as far as I can work out E numbers are 'lucky dip' !!! Good luck Sarah:-)

No. I can give you the names of his children if that helps? Joseph b 1831. Mary b 1836. Alice b 1841. Elizabeth b 1842. Faith 1845. James 1848. Charity 1850

Emily any of these look like him... PETER UNSWORTH Male Event(s): Birth: 09 JAN 1804 Christening: 15 JAN 1804 Lowton, Ashton In Makerfield, Lancashire, England Parents: Father: PETER UNSWORTH ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PETER UNSWORTH Male Family Event(s): Birth: About 1802 Of Culcheth, , Lancashire, England Marriages: Spouse: MRS. ELLEN UNSWORTH Marriage: About 1828 Newchurch By Culcheth, Lancashire, England Georgina.

Well, the information I have is what my Dad found when I was younger. He definately has Peter as born in Ashton, so it looks like it could be the first one.

So this is the family in 1851... Alice Unworth abt 1841 Staylybridge, Cheshire, England Daughter Dukinfield Lancashire Charity Unworth abt 1850 Staylybridge, Cheshire, England Daughter Dukinfield Lancashire Elizabeth Unworth abt 1843 Staylybridge, Cheshire, England Daughter Dukinfield Lancashire Faith Unworth abt 1846 Staylybridge, Cheshire, England Daughter Dukinfield Lancashire James Unworth abt 1848 Staylybridge, Cheshire, England Son Dukinfield Lancashire Mary Unworth abt 1836 Staylybridge, Cheshire, England Daughter Dukinfield Lancashire Mergrey Unworth abt 1807 Telsy Bouk, Lancashire, England Wife Dukinfield Lancashire Peter Unworth abt 1803 Ashton, Lancashire, England Head Dukinfield Lancashire Georgina.

Yup. That's them. Does that help?

Emily I think this is their marriage but nothing more on his birth, sorry. PETER UNSWORTH Male Marriages: Spouse: MARGERY ALDRED Marriage: 12 AUG 1829 Leigh, Lancashire, England Georgina.

Thank you.

Emily theres nothing complicated about parish records its just very time consuming. They were just big books normally kept at the local church and the clerk or vicar would enter baptisms, marriages and burials in them. When you need to find someone like this chap you consult the records for the parish he was born and just look through - usually on microfiche or film at a records office til you find his baptism. It wont give you much info - usually just dads name and mums first name,. Ive been lucky in that in Norfolk they seem to give more info, Ive had mums surname. You then look through the records again for children also born to the same couple. You can go backwards until you hopefully find the marriage of the couple and so on. It can be maddening because in a village you will get extended families and it gets confusing if you have several James all marrying Sarahs and producing more James and Sarahs! Well, Im a novice, so perhaps someone more experienced can give a better run down for you!

Be careful about the locations. There is an Ashton-under-Lyne very close to Dukinfield & Stalybridge. Ashton in Makerfield is much nearer to Leigh. Both are called Ashton by people who live there.

Nudging so me and Emily will know;; Heather you dont do to bad for a novice;; but carnt believe you were helping me with FTM, and I knew about web search ;;;; sorry just assumed that you knew;; naughty girl I am;; Babs

I knew Boro, but I hadnt bothered to use it because on my first try with it I had a very common name and it just seemed much easier to go straight to ancestry and search with more detail. I was just going through the program tree looking at the marriages and deaths I hadnt really put a lot of effort into and thought Ill have a go, see if websearch helps. They were more unusual names so came up with the goods.