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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Bedfordshire => Topic started by: Grabridge on Saturday 08 March 08 08:11 GMT (UK)
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I know Holwell was in Beds until 1897. I want looking for information about my Gt Grandparents between approx. the 1650's & 1680's.
Does anyone have access to the Parish Registers? I am interested in the names Woodfield, Eaton & Empey? - Thanks
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Holwell parish register has been extracted onto the IGI at www.familysearch.org.
Plenty of Woodfields, but just one marriage for each of the Empey/Eaton names
It's easier to access via http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountryEngland.htm#PageTitle
where Holwell is found under Herts
David
PS Did you ever get the Wootton birth certs? Were they illegitimate as we suspected?
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Thanks for this.
Yes, I did get the Wotton's birth certs and as suspected they were all illegitmate.
Chris
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I went to Bedford Library this morning & tried to find Holwell PR transcriptions, the index card said Holwell was with the Shillington entries, but that mfght have meant Holwellbury hamlet ? As Holwell parish was transferred to Herts in 1897 then most likely the PRs were not transcribed by the Beds Record Office.
However from the Shillington PR
Woodfield
Baptism 5 Oct 1625 John son of Hugh Woodfeild
1 Feb 1628 James son of Hugh Woodfeild
Marriage 29 Oct 1617 Hugh Woodfeild to Thomansin Hoore
Burial 8 May 1632 Hugh Woodfield
Empey/Empie/Impie
Burial 3 July 1659 Thomas Empie son of Edward Impie
No mention of any Eaton name
Regards John
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John
Thank you so much for going to all this trouble for me.
Chris
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It's odd, as whilst a Holwell transcript isn't included in BLARS list of publications, www.genuki.com states under Holwell that a transcript is available from Beds FHS! But Beds FHS doesn't list it either.
I think you're right John. They've not been transcribed, at least not by BLARS. But at least they've been extracted onto the IGI
David
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By the way I have a hard copy of the Shillington Parish Register and it certainly does not include the families I am looking for.
Chris
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In the attached list, Holwell is not detailed as being transcribed by Bedfordshire Archives; it just says the Parish Records are with the Herts Record Office.
http://www.bedfordshire.gov.uk/CommunityAndLiving/ArchivesAndRecordOffice/FamilyHistory/AnglicanParishRegisters.aspx
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Hi Grabridge,
Can't help with Holwell but I looked at the Pirton Database. Pirton and Holwell lie within two miles of each other. There were 19 entries for Woodfield/Woodfills round about the 1780s. William was a Cordwainer. Any help? No Eatons but a single entry for a Thomas Empey 1663 Hearth Tax.
http://www.pirtonhistory.org.uk/Search/Search.aspx
Benzol
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Hi Grabridge,
Looks like we are looking for the same people in Howell; trying to extend Stephen Woodfield, Elizabeth Empey, Lydia Eaton and in my case Ann Auburn. Would you like to exchange info? I'm on GenesReunited too. I also have Wooton relatives from Beds and Bucks in my tree.
Charlotte