LEIGHFIELD in Swindon

[KGarrad]

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[nadia71]

Thanks KGarrad...I'll try that.

[nadia71]

I got your message sue64...so it looks like we are second cousins (or is it third cousins? )  I can't seem to reply to your message...is there an email address you can private message me...I'd like to find out more about my family history.  I know very little of the Leighfield & Wheatley family histories and I'm really interested in learning more!

[fastfusion]

hi there welcome to rc...

I was just reading this post.....   the surname Leighfield is not one that is generally associated with Swindon Highworth area and is more from Wootton-Bassett    so when using the familysearch.org site please for the earlier generations in the family look under Highworth,   and Wootton-Bassett as that is in the latter where the family were of more grounding.

I would also be using the Wiltshire bmd site for your family research,, especially in the case for Wootton Bassett as the entries will indicate the maiden names of the mothers for the births.....  that will be able to be cross matched to the freebmduk site.....   You should also be aware a lot of the census for Wiltshire is on the free cen which is part of the freebmduk site and the links etc for all I mentioned are in google. Another site you may wish to use for the research of the family in Wiltshire is the Wiltshire County Council Probate Index also found in google.......    which can be searched for free then at minimal cost the wills can be obtained.    The Prero Court Wills entries can be found on the National Archives search engine, and if you do have any servicemen in the family the NA site will certainly indicate if files exist.....    a bit of legwork will connect the servicemen to the right parts of the family.......


good luck........

 

[fastfusion]

the new chatterers on this post also need to be mindful that rootschat policy does not allow the research or mention of living souls , so when wording materials in the convos indicate deceased or words to effect so the moderators do not scrub parts of the post indictative of your research needs...

 

[youngtug]

  I can't seem to reply to your message...is there an email address you can private message me...I'd like to find out more about my family history. 

  Now that you have made 3 posts you will be able to send personal messages also.

[youngtug]

Burials at the cemetery [built about 1872 I think] are available from ; http://www.royalwoottonbassett.gov.uk/

[youngtug]

The Wootten Bassett registration district for was originally Cricklade and Wootton Bassett, Then Cricklade before coming under Swindon in 1936,  http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/cricklade.html