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I have a John Wilkinson born 1732 married to a Ann Mekin.I have one son Thomas born 1776. Can anyboby find more children for me please.
Thanking you Marilyn

A location would help ...

Is 1776 a census birth year?


Okay:

Thomas Wilkinson
Christening: 08 APR 1776 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Father: John Wilkinson
Mother: Ann Mekin


-- not documented, of course.

Heh. Have you been through the multiple batches for extracted christening records in the IGI? --

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyYorkshire_(Q-S).htm#S

Good luck in the hunt!

Aha. Guessing that John would have had a son John, and hunting for him by mother's name in the IGI:


John Wilkinson
Christening: 21 OCT 1764 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Father: John Wilkinson
Mother: Ann Mekin


also undocumented, but looking detailed enough that it could well be taken from parish records.

No luck looking for a daughter Ann.


Randomly trying the dozen names known to people in those days -- no William, Mary, James or Elizabeth, but:


Sarah Wilkinson
Christening: 25 JUL 1773 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Father: John Wilkinson
Mother: Ann Mekin


You might try guessing a few more given names!

The unofficial batch their marriage appears in also has these:

Results for: Wilkinson, British Isles
Exact Spelling: Off
Batch Number: A537098

International Genealogical Index / British Isles - 8
Select records to download - (50 maximum)
1. HENRY WILKINSON - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Marriage: 16 SEP 1781 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
2. JOHN WILKINSON - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Marriage: 28 NOV 1757 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
3. JOHN WILKINSON - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Marriage: 12 APR 1789 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
4. JONATHAN WILKINSON - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Marriage: 07 MAY 1753 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
5. JONATHAN WILKINSON - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Marriage: 18 MAR 1793 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
6. AMBROSE WILKINSON - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Marriage: 29 JAN 1781 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
7. JOSEPH WILKINSON - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Marriage: 31 MAY 1736 Guiseley, Yorkshire, England
8. BENJAMIN WILKINSON - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Marriage: 14 AUG 1820 Darfield, Yorkshire, England

Go to www.familysearch.org (the Mormon site), click on Advanced Search, scroll down to International Genealogical Index (IGI).

Enter father's name, mother's name in boxes to the RIGHT

choose the year, and place names.


Then look through the 194 names that appear!


It's all free



BUT you DO have to be extremely wary of SUBMITTED records, which is what all the ones found by Kath are ........... they have been SUBMITTED by church members, and are just as likely to be made up as not!




sylvia

Thank you Kathryn and Sylvia.I will try that.Have a lovely christmas.

What, Sylvia?

First, I thought that without a batch number, one HAD to have a complete name for the individual being searched for.

Now I find that if I leave the name blank and enter

father: John Wilkinson
mother: Ann Mekin

I do get results -- the exact ones I'd already found, and no more. ;)


I was certainly trying to caution about the submitted records. I tend to think that when they have precise dates and places (rather than the ", , of ," business often given for parties to marriages in submitted records, e.g.), somebody must really have taken them from parish records. But those records need to be checked to be sure.

Damp in lotusland is it? We're revving up the self-charging flashlight and counting the candles, just in case ...

Hi kath,


yes, you can use just the father's name and mother's forename (you don't even need her surname), without the individuals name, and that way you MAY get the whole listing of children of that parentage.


BTW, I wasn't getting at you for the submitted, I was trying to emphasise to Marilyn, if she didn't already know that if she did what I suggested and do her own searching, then she should watch out for submitted.



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Snow snow keep away!!!!

have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!