Hi Lyn--

You helped me with some information on my Bolton ancestors in Witney/Finstock, Oxfordshire last spring. Thank you so much for that help! It brought me an avalanche of other information, and I so appreciate your willingness to help.

I tried to send you a private note, but my paid membership has run out, so I can't access that feature of the message boards. I hope you don't mind me contacting you this way.

I was wondering from which records you are looking up names so I can add documentation to the names you provided me with. Also, I had a couple other details I am trying to find. You gave me this information:

Hannah baptised to Jason Shepherd and Mary (FREEMAN) in Witney 3 February 1764.

Do you happen to have any more information on this family? Hannah's siblings, Jason and Mary's parents, their marriage or deaths, their siblings? Also, if you don't mind, could you let me know where the information comes from?

Thank you so much for your help! I hope I'm not a bother--if there is some other way I should go about this, please let me know.

Sincerely,
Becky Clawson clawfive@hotmail.com

Certainly no bother Becky..

Jason SHEPARD (m) Mary FREEMAN [both of Witney] by Licence in St.Mary Magdalen, Oxford 9 February 1746.

Jason SHEPPERD buried 23 May 1785 in Witney.
Mary SHEPPARD buried 31 July 1787 in Witney.

Children: (Witney)

Jason baptised 29 May 1746 (privately). Bur: 27 May 1746

Mary baptised 26 May 1747. Mar: William CALCUT in Witney 25 January 1767 by Lic. Wit: Jn EARLY and Elizabeth SHEPPARD /or/ William HIGGINS in Witney 2 March 1767 by banns. Wit: Robert COXETER and Wm FRENCH

Elizabeth baptised 13 November 1748

Jason baptised 5 September 1750. Bur: 29 June 1770

Sarah baptised 23 April 1753. Bur: 13 April 1768

Ann baptised 5 July 1754. Bur: 27 September 1754

Ann baptised 8 August 1755. Bur: 2 July 1778

William baptised 1758. Bur: 24 September 1772

Joseph baptised 27 May 1760. Mar: Mary BOLTON in Witney 9 November 1782 by Lic Wit: Elizabeth BOLTON and Jno COXETER /or/ Anne BRIGSTOCK,minor, 14 February 1781 by Lic. Wit: Jonathan ARNATT and Wm FRENCH

Hannah baptised 3 February 1764. Mar: Edward BOLTON 7 September 1784 by Lic.

John baptised 2 September 1766 (privately). Bur: 8 September 1766

Sarah baptised 25 December 1769. Bur: 20 February 1775


Jason SHEPARD or Mary FREEMAN was not found in Witney. There is a Mary FREEMAN being baptised 1709 but this is considered too early for the one above.

Regards,

Lyn.




[Goadby, F.R.L. (1973), Transcription of St.Marys Witney Parish Registers, Oxfordshire Parish Register Transcripts Witney Registration District Vol.1 CD ROM, OFHS, Oxford]

[Scarr, J.R. (1988), Transcription of St.Mary Magdalen Parish Registers Oxford, Oxfordshire Parish Register Transcripts Oxford City Vol.3 CD ROM, OFHS, Oxford]

Other sources used previously:

[Wood, V. (2001), Transcription of St.Mary the Virgin Charlbury Parish Registers, Oxfordshire Parish Register Transcripts Chipping Norton Registration District Vol.2 CD ROM, OFHS, Oxford]

[Finstock Local History Society,The Society of Genealogists and Loader, J. (1988), Transcription of Holy Trinity - Finstock Parish Registers, Oxfordshire Parish Register Transcripts Chipping Norton Registration District Vol.3 CD ROM, OFHS, Oxford]

Becky -

The clue you're missing is that when you're researching in an area, see what transcripts the local Family History Society has done. In this case Oxfordshire Family History Society www.ofhs.org.uk has transcribed most of the parish registers.
This link http://searches.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/pardata.html
tells you what CD any parish is on. (There are several parishes per CD.)
To complement the CDs we also do a Search Services - linked from www.ofhs.org.uk - where you can have searches done in databases such as the baptism database, the marriage one, the MI one, etc.

Hope that helps you - and, of course, if you'd like to join the OFHS, we'd be delighted to have you!

Wendy
Chairman, Oxfordshire FHS chairman@ofhs.org.uk

Thanks to you both. This is exactly what I was looking for, both in facts and in how-to information.

Thanks to you both. This is exactly what I was looking for, both in facts and in how-to information.