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Title: Hillyards born Piddington
Post by: JP1000 on Wednesday 11 February 09 19:06 GMT (UK)

Hello All
I found a few references to Hillyards and Piddington on this site and wondered if anyone shared “my” Hillyards and could help me go a bit further back.

My g. grandmother was Jane Hillyard, born 1830 in Piddington.  She married Thomas Wright in Harbury, Warwicks in 1852.

Jane’s parents were Thomas Hillyard and Hannah (Shaw), who had 8 children in all, 3 born in Piddington and 5 in Harbury. From the 1851 census Thomas Hillyard, is listed as born in Piddington age 48 so that would be about 1803. I can’t find anything on his birth in IGI, so I wondered if anyone had any more news on the family or access to Piddington parish records around that date for a look up. 
Many thanks, John, Bucks

Title: Re: Hillyards born Piddington
Post by: seahall on Wednesday 11 February 09 21:08 GMT (UK)

Hi John.

Welcome to Rootschat.  :)

The Latter Day Saints were originally denied access to the
Northamptonshire Parish Records hence not many on the I.G.I.

There are now a lot of folk indexing them so the records are
increasing all the while.

I will P.M. you a possible in a moment.

Other information that may assist you is listed here.

http://www.rootschat.com/links/05jq/

Sandy

Title: Re: Hillyards born Piddington
Post by: Janice M on Thursday 12 February 09 01:13 GMT (UK)

Here are a few links that may help.

FreeReg - FreeCen - FreeBMD
http://freecen.rootsweb.com/

Family Search - Record Pilot Site
http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=0

Google Books - Hillyard Northamptonshire
http://books.google.ca/books?um=1&q=Hillyard+Northamptonshire&as_brr=3

Internet Archive - Northamptonshire Books
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire Wills
(one contact for Piddington)
http://www.kellner.eclipse.co.uk/genuki/NTH/Surnames/

Northants
http://www.northants1841.fsnet.co.uk/
http://www.kellner.eclipse.co.uk/genuki/NTH/Surnames/names3.htm

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE INDEXES
(included in above link)
http://www.northants-familytree.net/indexes.html

Historic Directories
http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/b1.asp

Title: Re: Hillyards born Piddington
Post by: seahall on Thursday 12 February 09 08:18 GMT (UK)

Hi Janice/John

Good links there, 2 are Alan Clarke's.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE INDEXES
http://www.northants1841.fsnet.co.uk/
 
(included in above link)
http://www.northants-familytree.net/indexes.html

Google Books - Hillyard Northamptonshire
http://books.google.ca/books?um=1&q=Hillyard+Northamptonshire&as_brr=3

This link is to the Northampton Hillyard's that another Rootschatter is related to.

Going off topic slightly could you say where your McGillivary's are from please.

Sandy

Title: Re: Hillyards born Piddington
Post by: JP1000 on Thursday 12 February 09 13:35 GMT (UK)

Many thanks for these links, I'll give them a go tonight.

If all else fails, I guess it may be a visit to the parish records office in N'hampton!

Title: Re: Hillyards born Piddington
Post by: seahall on Friday 13 February 09 22:42 GMT (UK)

Hi Janice

Thanks for P.M. shame they were not the same lineage.

Sandy