Genealogy Chat

I have found my family named Moy as living at main street, Kempston, I believe they lived/worked on a large property and left Norfolk to work for the same family but at property in Sussex, do you know Kempston or any large house's or manors, or any history from 1800's.

So nothing to do with Kempston in Bedfordshire, then? Where did you see them living at Main Street? Merry

Who were the family they were working for - I cant think of a Kempston in Norfolk at the mo.

1841 the page say's schedule from the parish of East Laxham in from the hundredof Lauditch!

Well, blow me, just had a google and came up with a site re Lord Grafton which seems to say he was from Kempston, Norfolk. Is this the guy they worked for do you know?

The marriage of Joseph Moy took place at All Saints in Wesenham in 1839 where is weasenham!

I am trying to find any information for MOY family, I have marriage cert for Joseph Moy to Elizabeth Mason on 18th Aug 1839, at the Parish Curch of Weasenham All Saints! (bit difficult to read) Grooms Father is Edward Moy Labourer I am trying to find any information re Edward or Joseph. Joseph was aged 24 at marriage. When Joseph left and went to Lewes in Sussex and had a son named William in 1845, William would be my great grandfather, and Joseph my Great,Great Grandfather........I am trying to go back from Joseph.

That will be Launditch,bmd district comes under Mitford mostly and includes North Elmham and Dereham as close places. Glen

I found a ref to it as well, but I've never heard of a Kempston in Norfolk before! Is it near these places, maybe (from genuki)? the parishes of Longham, Kempston, Mileham, and Beeston next Mileham, in the county of Norfolk Merry

Looks like it is Kempstone: MITFORD REGISTRATION DISTRICT Registration County : Norfolk. Created : 1.7.1837. Sub-districts : Bawdeswell; East Dereham; Litcham; Mattishall; North Elmham; Shipdham. GRO volumes : XIII (1837-51); 4b (1852-1930). Parishes in Norfolk (1837-1930): Bawdeswell, Beeston with Bittering, Beetley, Billingford, Bintree, Brisley, Bylaugh, Colkirk, Cranworth, East Bilney, East Dereham, East Lexham, East Tuddenham, Elsing, Foxley, Garveston, Gateley, Gorleston (1889-91), Great Dunham, Great Fransham, Gressenhall, Guist, Hardingham, Hockering, Hoe, Horningtoft, Kempstone, Letton, Litcham, Little Dunham, Little Fransham, Longham, Lyng, Mattishall, Mattishall Burgh, Mileham, North Elmham, North Tuddenham, Oxwick with Pattesley, Reymerston, Rougham, Scarning, Shipdham, Southburgh, Sparham, Stanfield, Swanton Morley, Tittleshall, Twyford, Weasenham, Wellingham, Wendling, Westfield, West Lexham, Whinburgh, Whissonsett, Woodrising, Worthing, Yaxham. Registers now in East Dereham district.

If you google 'igi batch numbrers' you can access quite a few Norfolk parish records by town/parish and surname for varied dates. Glen

Hang on a minute,the name Moy comes up as you know what Heather.I'll have a look at what i have in me filing system. Glen

Glen, very little in the way of IGI stuff for Norfolk - most of them refused to hand over records to the Mormons. BUT if you google Genuki Weasenham you can see a map and a list of local churches. As I always say, (altogether now) GOOGLE, GOOGLE, GOOGLE! Have you checked out Norfolk Transcription Archives. There are over 400 parish entries on their for Moy and its variants.

Weasenham All Saints is between Swaffham and Fakenham Sheila