Liverpool & South West Lancashire FHS - Forum

Thanks Mary for adding the proper Facebook link, I do not use Facebook myself and also for the amendment to the authors email address. I did get permission from Paul Langton to use his contact details. Not sure what the post and packaging costs are as Paul had a fare in our area (live near John Lenn...

After reading an article written by Paddy Shennan in the Liverpool Echo a week or so ago regarding a book written by local taxi driver Paul Langton I decided to order a copy. The book is titled, ‘Streets Ahead’ and in the introduction the author states “The initial concept of this book was to provid...

I popped into Liverpool Central Library this afternoon in order to visit the 'Help Desk' and met Mary and other members of the Help Desk team. The questions I asked were answered in detail and Mary even introduced me to the intricacies of the spooled microfiche reader! So thank you Mary and the othe...

Those lazy ministers are certainly hampering my searches of Welsh church records!

Will check with the record office regarding the Liverpool burials in the New Year.

Thanks for your help.

You are correct the information was gleaned from the Lancashire Online Parish Clerk site plus searches on Family Search and Find My Past sites. My initial searches of Lancashire and Cheshire only found details of their burials hence my question regarding possible memorial records. I have tried searc...

I am interested in the following burials which took place at Liverpool churches which are no longer in existence. 1). St John, Old Haymarket, Liverpool. Burial: 26 Jul 1772 - Mary Owen Abode: Stanley St 2). St Peter, Liverpool. Burial: 10 Sep 1778 - Mary Owen - daughter of William Owen Abode: Stanle...

You are correct, I have a paid for version (Cost £5 - PDF download) of this directory which consists of 68-pages.

The missing pages are a preface, a few images etc, although the basic listings are more or less the same.

I have just been searching on Google for various books and came across "The 1766 Liverpool Directory" which Google are offering as a free download. It lists Merchants, Tradesmen and Principal Inhabitants of Liverpool, this is the link for anyone interested:- https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cxIHA...

You've gathered a huge amount of information from your visits, well done. PS did you come to speak with the Help Desk at the Liverpool RO on Tuesday? If you go again, please do introduce yourself to us there. I was very fortunate in that the people who helped me at Liverpool Central Library and Kno...

I have just returned from a very fruitful visit to Kirkby Library plus visiting St Chad's churchyard to see the gravestone of James and Margaret Owen. Today there happened to be a 'Family History Help Desk' running from 9am until midday and Rob O'Brien a member of the team suggested that we should h...

Just an update to say that thanks to Blue and Hilary I am making some progress in tracing the marriage of James Owen. Following Blue's advice I managed to obtain a copy of the birth certificate for James Owen (son) born 23rd December 1841 and Margaret Owen's maiden name is given as Hulm. A few weeks...

There was a Reverend Dean Thomas Kelly at the church that Blue has mentioned.

http://taking-stock.org.uk/Home/Diocese ... e-St-James

Thanks so much Hilary for the information you have provided and the URL link to the images and memorial inscriptions at St Chad's Church. The website has been created by Rosalind Lloyd and is a wonderful source of information:- http://www.cofekirkby.co.uk/rosalindlloydspages/index.html I did see the...

Hi Hilary, My apologies for getting your name wrong! Family members are distracting me while I am trying to type messages wanting to know if I have learnt anything else. James Owen's son William Owen was married at St John Church, Liverpool on the 4th February 1856. Details on the marriage certifica...

Hi Helen, The Owen family appear to be in the Kirkby, Knowsley and Liverpool areas, I have a copy of William Owen's marriage certificate (1856) which gives his residence as Dale Street here in Liverpool and 'Rank or Profession' as that of a farmer. In later years he is described as a cowkeeper. I ha...

Hi Blue, Many thanks for all the possible leads you have provided me with! I am printing out your postings so that I can refer back to them whilst in the library doing research. Will also obtain death certificates for the twins Betty and Margaret Owen born 1st March 1838 and died just 3 months old. ...

This is the area where the family were living in 1841:- http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/sidebyside.cfm#zoom=16&lat=53.4744&lon=-2.8401&layers=6&right=BingHyb Blue Thanks Blue for the link to the old map that is just what I was looking for. I did use Google maps to look at the present day Sandy Brow ...

Hi Blue. I will do as you advise and obtain the birth certificate for John Owen in order find the mothers surname prior to getting married, I also had a problem getting baptism information for William Owen all I could find on Ancestry was a photo image of an entry in a Christening Book for 1833. A s...

Thanks Blue for the welcome and the tip about using a flash drive, the company I used to work for before retiring would not allow us to plug any flash drive into the company computers as they claimed it was the easiest way to pick-up a virus or transfer one to their system. When using Ancestry in th...

As a new member (No: 8758) I would just like to say hello to everyone. I am a total novice at researching Family History and at the moment I am using Speke library to access Ancestry and Find My Past. With Ancestry if I find anything worthwhile I can send myself an email with the relevant details an...