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Re: Disappearing Bodies!
« Reply #9 on: Saturday 26 April 14 11:02 BST (UK) »
You may need to check baptisms later than assumed year of birth.  I have come across several in my Yorkshire ancestors that were baptised with their siblings years later!

Also, as someone else has suggested - the area is pretty close  to Lancashire, and depending on the work they did they may have moved around. I have recently identified an error in the tree supplied to my uncle which ignored the census records (b Lancashire) and went down a line that was born in Yorkshire - just because the person did marry and die in Yorkshire. There was only a few miles in it, but it made all the difference to where the correct records were to be found.  Lancashire parish records are available online.

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Re: Disappearing Bodies!
« Reply #10 on: Sunday 27 April 14 20:31 BST (UK) »
Hi all and thank you for all the advise. So, forst of all I have Thomas' death certificate so I know he died in the village here. I also know that Thomas and Hannah did indeed marry, as Hannahs name on her marriage cert to John Hainswprth is Emmet.

I also noticed a gap in the records at St Peters. I have bought the Cd Rom from Genuk but unfortunately it contains just burial transcripts. As interesting as that source is im afraid it doesnt help with finding Thomas!

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