James Burgess 1796

[Jurapow]

I'm doing really well so far and have found a Great Great grandfather on the 1841 census.

James Burgess Date of birth 1796 - Gloucester

His wife was Elizth Burgess, nee John Date of Birth 1796 - Gloucester.

They had children Hester, Geo, Elizth, Joseph, William and Ann.

I can't find there marriage or birth records.

Any help would be appreciated.

Julia

[Elaine ..Spain]

Jurapow - am going to move your thread over to our Family History Research section in the hope that someone can help you by accessing online records - or at least pointing you in the right direction of where the info might be available.

[Janet in Yorkshire]

Well you won't find birth records, as birth registration only started in 1837 :(- you will need to look for baptism records instead. (Unless they were Quakers, Baptists etc who sometimes kept records of births of children born to members.)

This is a useful free site:

https://familysearch.org/

also this one:

http://www.freereg.org.uk/

You might not find any likely events, but always worth a try.

Jay

[Jurapow]

Jurapow - am going to move your thread over to our Family History Research section in the hope that someone can help you by accessing online records - or at least pointing you in the right direction of where the info might be available.

Thanks Elaine. Julia

[Jurapow]

Well you won't find birth records, as birth registration only started in 1837 :(- you will need to look for baptism records instead. (Unless they were Quakers, Baptists etc who sometimes kept records of births of children born to members.)

This is a useful free site:

https://familysearch.org/

also this one:

http://www.freereg.org.uk/

You might not find any likely events, but always worth a try.

Jay

Thanks Janet. So am I to understand that if I can't find the records I am looking for in the sites you suggest, then that is the end of the road?

Julia

[Christine in Herts]

Thanks Janet. So am I to understand that if I can't find the records I am looking for in the sites you suggest, then that is the end of the road?

Julia

With any online records you are dependent upon what's been uploaded / transcribed - and how accurate the transcriptions are.
You are also dependent on how variable the name is: it's usually wise not to be too strict about spelling. there are some amazing variants for surnames for people who are clearly the same person/family (see my footer!).

You may need to consider visiting the local Records/Archives Offices - or, at least, to look on their websites to see which records they have so that you can assess whether there are any records missing from the online sites which would be critical to your search - or whether it would be worth visiting them, or asking someone else to do so on your behalf if the distance is an impediment.

Christine

[charity]

Hello
I had a quick look on Family Search, asking for baptism of Burgess children in Gloucester with parents James & Elizabeth. Several of your names are there. Worth looking into.
Charity

[Jurapow]

Hello
I had a quick look on Family Search, asking for baptism of Burgess children in Gloucester with parents James & Elizabeth. Several of your names are there. Worth looking into.
Charity

Thanks Charity, I'll go and have a look. Julia