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Eleanor

Eleanor Report 27 Jun 2006 19:04

I have been looking for Catharine Russell b abt 1774 in Kimpton, Herts. Too old for a birth cert. No records on familysearch*org. So is there even a chance it could be in parish records or am I wasting my time going there. It is a considerable drive for me to go an look. Other people looking for her have also had no luck. But I am just not sure where familysearch get their information Thanks

Merry

Merry Report 27 Jun 2006 19:05

Do you live anywhere near an LDS family centre? You could hire out the film! Merry

Eleanor

Eleanor Report 27 Jun 2006 19:07

Not that im aware of Merry. Could look into that also tho - Thanks!

An Olde Crone

An Olde Crone Report 27 Jun 2006 19:08

Sticky Fingers Although the LDS have filmed a great number of Parish Records, they certainly havent filmed them all. And many of the ones they have filmed have never been transcribed. So, yes, its worth a look at the PRs. OC

Merry

Merry Report 27 Jun 2006 19:08

On the other hand.....the IGI is supposed to have the PR's online: Kimpton C048121 1780-1850 E072552 C072551 1857-1890 M072552 1559-1837 C072552 1559-1857 Maybe her family was non-conformist? Merry

Eleanor

Eleanor Report 27 Jun 2006 19:29

thanks guys, I will go and look even if just to stem my curiosity but I am sure the many others looking would have looked already 0)

An Olde Crone

An Olde Crone Report 27 Jun 2006 19:43

Sticky I have just had a good scroll through the record Merry mentioned. Interestingly, there isnt a single person called Russell, or anything like it, and over a period of 300 years, there are only a handful of girls baptised a s Catherine/Katherine/Kitty etc. The only C/Katherine in the 1700s was Katherine Dimmock bap 27 Jun 1784 - ten years later than yours.(I have known children be baptised as late as this, though) So - not baptised in the PC, or not born there, or a non-conformist, or was bap with a different name! Or had previously been married. Sorry, but I think you will have to do a general Hertfordshire trawl of all Church Records. Do have fun! OC

Eleanor

Eleanor Report 27 Jun 2006 19:47

on those batch numbers i did find an ann russell who married in kimpton in 1835, so I am trying to trace her back maybe it will get me to a brother or sister of catharines, this is in st pauls walden which is just outside kimpton Thanks for the help 0)

Roger in Sussex

Roger in Sussex Report 28 Jun 2006 16:20

Just a thought, is there any possibility of there being a mistranscription of Kimpton HANTS ?