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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Essex Lookup Requests => Essex => England => Essex Completed Lookup Requests => Topic started by: Holbrook on Friday 22 May 09 18:16 BST (UK)
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Hi, new member needing help please!
Trying to find any info about the surname HOLBROOK in Essex
Have been told Robert Holbrook 1765c Married a Susannah Lews1765c in Essex but not 100%
would appreciate any help
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Hi and welcome!
"Holbrook in Essex" is quite a big range - I just happened to have 1851 census opened are there are pages of them.
Usually it is easiest to start with a recent event and work back.
So what are the events leading to this possible Essex marriage? Did the couple have childen? Have you got their descendents on later censuses and worked back to Robert? If so what info have you already got on him?
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I don't know anything about him only that his wife was Susanah Lews and they had 5 children
Robert Holbrook 1788
Joseph " " 1791
susannah " 1793
James " 1795
Sarah " " 1799
I have only just started on the family tree, All the family tree was past onto me so I don't know if its 100% correct and to be honest I don't really know how to take it any further so any help or advice would be appreciated.
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If you have just started on your tree, my advise (for what it is worth) would be NOT to start with someone in the 1700's that you know nothing about, but to start with YOU, then your parents, and work back one step at a time.
If you have a tree in front of you that someone else has done, then that will give you some leads - but make sure that the person who compiled it has verified everything as far as possible and not made assumptions. Check out where their information came from that went in to the tree - did they actually look at Parish registers? obtain certificates? check out censuses? If they didnt, then make sure you do. If they did, then make sure you know the source that info came from and that it had been checked personally as far as possible, before taking it as correct.
No point in you taking time and expense tearing across the couintry to go to a record office to look at a Parish regiser if someone else has already done it, but on the other hand very unwise to take someones word for it that x was born in y at z, if they havent checked it out.