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Sally

Sally Report 21 Feb 2004 13:43

Thank you Kevin and Shirley, Will try both suggestions.

Shirlock

Shirlock Report 21 Feb 2004 10:14

Hello Sally The Lancashire parish register society http://www.genuki(.)org(.)uk/big/eng/LAN/prs have St Mary Penwortham registers for sale. Bap 1608 - 1753 mar-bur 1608-1753 Volume 52 on CD and the Society of Genealogists have St Mary Penworthan registers for sale also. http://www(.)sog(.)org(.)uk/index(.)html MIs 1813-1837 (MFC56461) MIs (mfe 68497) and cemy MIs (100127) You just might find a lead with names here. Shirley

Kevin

Kevin Report 21 Feb 2004 09:25

Formal adoption Laws were not introduced until 1927. Before this people made their own arrangements and very rarely if at all was any documentation used. If the parish records went up in smoke you may be lucky and find some Bishops transcripts which were copied once ayear from the parish records and sent to the Bishop. What you need to do is find what Dioseces the parish was in, try Phillimores parish records atlas at your nearest reference libruary. Good Luck

Sally

Sally Report 21 Feb 2004 05:18

I do need help, I am looking for a Jane Wallbank fathers name George Spencer. I have come to conclusion that George died when Jane was very young and mother remarried a Wallbank, Please could anyone tell me where I could find adoptions for Lancashire around 1835/1841? she was born Penwortham but, records for that church were destroyed in a fire. What a brick wall eh.