Hi

In general, there appear to be many more Baptism's than Burials.....

The early Burial records seldom provide an age of death though memoranda can include references like son of ...... which can be very helpful

All in all though it can be very tricky matching up Baptisms to Burials....

Having spent some time trying to do this with my family records I'm coming to the conclusion that children (and in particular babies) were much more likely to have been afforded a church burial than their parents.

Does anyone know if this is borne out by any customs and practices?

What alternatives to church burials were there during this era of the forest?

I believe that Forest Death records post 1837 are still unavailable via the Gloucestershire BMD indexes. What source(s) do people rely on most?

any comments welcomed, thanks Brian

Oh yes, the Society of Genealogists even published estimated missing entries for all three categories of event by percentages. The standard of bookeeping in some parishes was very poor. I know from bitter experience with Mitcheltroy Monmouth in the 18th Century. Emigration and the military abroad accounted for many more.

Not to forget convict records!

http://www.convictrecords.com.au/convicts

Regards

Tony

Nice one tony,

I've actually found a matching name here

George Beach deported 1818 on the SS Baring following trial in Monmouth

and George Beach born 1786 in Bream

Who knows.......

Hi

Are you researching the George Beach who married Eleanor Jenkins in 1817?

Regards

Tony

Hi Tony

I'm actually researching all the Beach's of this era in the FOD & trying to find links between them...

I'm aware of this marriage but currently they do not figure anywhere in my tree and they don't appear to have had any children. There location at the marriage was Newland. I'm unsure whether this is a generic district or Newland town itself.

The only candidate that I have for this marriage is

George Beach born 1786 to Richard & Mary (Morgan?) in Bream

This could be Richard born 1759 in Bream to John Beach & Eleanor Morgan who figure very close to the beginning of my tree

If you have any further info then I'd be pleased to hear from you

Regards Brian

Hi

link to British history on line (Newland parish) attached

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23260

I also have not been able to find any children for Eleanor Jenkins and George Beach, the Monmouth family history society may be able to help with early Monmouth Quarter Sessions

I believe Eleanor remarried (as a spinster) giving her surname as Beach, some years later at Penalt.

I have a number of links between the Beach family of Bream and my Jenkins family.

I believe the Beach family were wool traders in the early 19C

I have a tree on ancestry.

If you need any further information contact me offline.

Regards

Tony

Hi Tony

thanks for the link....

I found it very helpful as I'm not a FOD local and struggle sometimes with the geography....

I too have a number of Beach - Jenkins links. It will take a bit of time to do but, if it's ok with you, then I'll e-mail the details. Working alone means mistakes are hard to notice and correct, a bit of independent cross-referencing wouldn't be a bad idea

Regards Brian