Genealogy Chat

Thanks Merry, that's so frustrating. Is BIVRI one of those resources which isn't complete?

Is St Ann's church in Rochdale? As Turton is a parish in it's own right, I would probably want to check the PR's there, as the bap hasn't yet surfaced at St Ann's. I do keep wondering why the son of a prosperous miller (well, he looks prosperous!) is an ag lab - not impossible at all, but a little unusual. ......Sorry, just musing! I wonder if the fulling miller left a will? Merry

Yes, no records are ever complete (!!), though I was fairly hopefull as the BIVRI has a lot for Lancs on it :o(( Merry

Merry, that's a really good point actually. It would make more sense if his grandparents had a farm which they were too old to keep up and he had gone there to help them out, however like you say old William Law is a cotton weaver or something similar, so doesn't add up. Rochdale is a completely separate town to Bolton (Bolton Bury and Rochdale are all towns north of Manchester running left to right in that order). Turton is (or at least was) a small area/village north of Bolton. If you look on Multimap you can see Turton Bottoms north of Bolton. This is where St Anne's is. The info about the parish registers is on genuki(.)org(.)uk/big/eng/LAN/Turton/StAnne(.)shtml

hi i live near these areas holcome is part of bury close to rochdale, facit is indeed part of whitworth that boarders with rochdale and rossendale, turton near bolton all the areas are quite close by, (10 mile radias), if you look on a map and find bury (near mancheater) you should find the places, although places like holcome, turton and facit are only villages

Thanks Tabs, that's very useful for future reference!

Shareen, Turton has an Online Parish Clerk on that site I mentioned before, but the baptisms (and burials) are only online up to 1812 so far. Presumably they will add ones after 1812 at some point. The Lancashire Parish Register Society has Turton St. Anne baptisms and burials up to 1812 on its publications list (book and microfiche), so it looks as though nobody has transcribed post-1812 yet. So, not much help, really! Still, it was worth trying. Kate.

Thanks Kate. I know - it's really really frustrating - there must be an answer to this somewhere but I fear I am going to be one of those poor souls on here in another three years still asking for tips on where to go next! Oh well, I have 112 definite relatives on my tree so far, half of which my brother did not know about before, so it will make a good wedding present for him anyway. And hopefully one day I can take it down out of its frame and add in Isaac's parents for him!