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Hello. I'm planning a research trip to the Ipswich branch of the Suffolk Record Office in early August. Can anyone recommend moderately priced accommodation in Ipswich within walking distance of the SRO?
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Hello Rootschatters. Can anyone recommend a moderately priced B&B within walking distance (1/2 hour maximum) of the Birmingham Library and Archives? I'll be in Birmingham for several days in late July doing family history research.

Thanks.    Dinosaur

The IGI has a baptism for Charles TURNER on 21 April 1847 at St Martins, Birmingham.
Father's name:  Charles
Mother's name:  Mary Ann

In the baptisms register entry what is the father's occupation?

The reason I ask is because my great-great-grandmother, Mary Ann TURNER, had 7 children by her stepfather, Josiah Scudder OSBALDESTON. To date I have found the births of two of the sons registered under the surname TURNER. On Julian’s birth certificate his mother’s name is given as Mary Ann TURNER formerly LEWIS (which was her mother’s maiden name) and his father’s name is recorded as Josiah TURNER. His father’s occupation is listed as “stationer (hawker)” which was her stepfather Josiah Scudder Osbaldeston’s occupation.

In the baptisms register Julian's father's name was recorded as Charles TURNER. Charles Pye TURNER was the name of Mary Ann's father who had died long before her children were born.

Mary Ann TURNER had a son named Charles so I'm wondering if the 21 April 1847 baptism at St. Martin's is his baptism.

Dinosaur