I Need help?????

[BABAJACK]

tazzie you are great... love the pic... have got a record of marriage not a cert...they were married in the district of launceston 17th april 1839 in st johns church launceston, all of the docs i have are a3 size and my scanner only does a4 so cannot really upload them, i have added part of what i have, thanks so much for helping.


Image Removed: Only a small portion of an image may be displayed for identification purposes

[tazzie]

  Hi see what you mean about the scan.

 Looks like "Transported for House (breaking?)

 and I am sure I can pick out the word Stafford.
 There is a William Archer bap 1811 and another 1813 in Staffs.But I may be way off the mark with what I can read into it.
 I would ask if someone can look up the records in Launceston cause if we can get a name it will be so much easier. Post a request on the Aus board. Someone may be able to take a look for us.

  I will wait to see what happens. The Bussorah later took fee paying Brits out to Australia and on a run prior to 1830 (in1828) arrived carrying smallpox. Cannot find that link again Must be doing something wrong.

                      Tazzie

[PrueM]

Babajack, where was William tried for his crimes?  If you can work that out from his paperwork (it will most likely be an Assizes or a Quarter Sessions) then you may get some more info about him from the trial records - if you are VERY lucky it will give you something about his birthplace, home or parentage, but that's not been my experience unfortunately 

Prue

P.S.  Have put a link from your other thread back to this thread, to avoid duplication of responses etc.  Here's a link back to your other thread:

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=244282

[BABAJACK]

hi thanks for the help, all i can see on the documents is that he lived in salop also just noticed on one of the docs that it says - native place - plymouth? on this doc i have attached as tazzie said it looks like stafford is mentioned and also plymouth- its very hard to read!!!

[PrueM]

Can you scan the top right and bottom right bits only, so we can read the rest of the text that's there? 

[BABAJACK]

i spent most of the night trying to do a photoshop pic merging ect but it is too big to upload on here so i will try and scan the bits that are missing...


Image Removed: Only a small portion of an image may be displayed for identification purposes

[tazzie]

   Hi Babajack.....

 Yep look to me as though it reads....

 Transported for HOUSE BREAKING.  Good report--- ----- ------
 Health Report -------- with the cane for destroying his case?

  The bit here is faint...but further along is the name Archer and is it Beckwith Stafford? I cannot see a place called Beckwith in Staffs.

  Prue is better at reading text so I will wait and see how she reads it...me I am probably over due at the opticians

     Catch you later ...two small people to entertain today. Weather here cannot make it's mind up!

                          Tazzie

[BABAJACK]

thanks tazzie, tell me about the weather not far from you and never know what to wear hot then rain then cold, good old britain. thanks for your help.

[tazzie]

  Hi ....Just back for another look..

  It says Locksmith of Stafford. Not Beckwith Stafford....told you my eye sight was going down hill.....parish records in latin to blame..

  So he must of been convicted in Salop in March as I can see that date.

  If we can find his marriage cert in Aus, it will help  or even a death cert..

                 Tazzie