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mab

mab Report 17 Feb 2004 22:28

I did wonder if it was yours Karen, it sounded similar to your posting. Good luck with the search, Marian

Karen

Karen Report 17 Feb 2004 22:15

Thanks for the tips Kevin, Gerry and Brian. LDS sounds hopeful. Marian - thanks for the info. That's my dad's website with some of the info we know so far....! Cheers Karen

mab

mab Report 17 Feb 2004 18:08

Karen, have you seen this? George Skyrme b. 12 Dec 1819; m. Eliza ? (b. 7 Aug 1818, d. 4 June 1897) 11 Children: Charles b. 26 Aug 1840 - went to Sheerness 1867 William b. 8 April 1843; d. 22 Sept 1864 David b. 12 June 1844 - lost overboard 4 July 1901 (made a freeman of Pembroke 15 July 1878) George Thomas, b. 29 Dec 1846, m to Hanna 14 Nov 1871 at Camarthen; d. 18 Mar 1891 James Thomas, b. 4 May 1849; d. 2 Jan 1905 - went to Jarrow 9 Feb 1882 Francis, b. 8 April 1851; d. 14 Aug 1853 Francis John (known as Frank), b. 27 Aug 1852; d. 27 Feb 1896 - horticulturalist and Freeman John, b. 5 Aug 1854; d. 27 May 1903 - apprenticed 21 Apr 1868 Thomas, b. 14 Feb 1857 Eliza Jane, d. 12 Aug 1858 aged 9 months. Found at http://www.skyrme(.)com/family/bible.htm Marian

BrianW

BrianW Report 17 Feb 2004 15:57

If you can get to the cathedral covering Pembroke, they probably have a Records section with copies of the original church registers.

Researching:
Sherwood (Kent); Jesson (London); Worboys (Herts)

Gerry

Gerry Report 17 Feb 2004 15:00

I have found marriages to be the least available. Have only found 2 out of about 12 I have looked for! Gerry

Kevin

Kevin Report 17 Feb 2004 14:49

The IGI on the LDS web-site has post 1837 Baptisms and Marriages. If you cant find them on this then try the Vital Records Index 2nd Edition this is also by the LDS and the majority of records indexed are not on the IGI. try to find your nearest LDS church via the LDS site and you can see and search the VRI there on CD-ROM. I have found that the VRI has helped me out.

Karen

Karen Report 17 Feb 2004 12:11

One of the family I'm researching doesn't seem to come up in the briths/marriages records online (freebmd, ancestry, LDS, 1837). I've paid to look at the original indexes to save a trip to the record centre and I can't seem to find them there either - even though I'm looking over several years. Is this common? I guessed that just after registration started in 1837 the records might be sparse but later on as well? If anyone can help me I would be grateful..... I'm looking specifically for the marriage of George Skyrme (b 12/12/1819) and eliza (maiden name unknown). First child born Aug 1840 so I'm looking around those dates. First child's christening St Mary's Pembroke so looking around Manorbier, Pemborke, St mary. In the census they lived in Morton, Pembroke. I read that in Pembrokeshire 50% may not have been on Parish records as there were a lot of non-conformist places. However this family seemed to have had a couple of christenings (Anglican). I'm therefore hoping the parish records can help me find the registered marriage. I've found some online parish records but only up to 1837. Does anyone know where I can do a lookup on parish records post 1837? I'm finding it hard to make sense of the FHS websites in that area. Finally, if no luck with parish records what else can I do?