William COSLETT and Adelaide VINE (General)

by Hannah, Friday, May 01, 2009, 02:27 (5759 days ago)

Hello everyone :-)

I am researching my family tree and have got back as far as William Coslett who was born in 1823 and married an Adeline or Adelaide Vine(s) in 1853 in West Dean parish church. I seem to have come up against a brick wall and would be grateful for any help - William had a son John from his first marriage, born 1842 in France, who Adeline later married after William had died in 1859! I know William's dad was called John Coslett, but cannot find the Coslett family before 1851 and have no idea when John snr was born. I also cannot find the Vine family, and Adeline put 'don't know' for place of birth on the 1861 census and is a servant away from home on 1851! Does anyone know firstly what records of West Dean have survived and secondly how I can access them? Any other info at all would be a huge help!

thanks,

Hannah Thomas
Swansea