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From: Graham Price <>
Subject: Re: [ENG-SHROP] Webb, Burgess
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 17:01:32 +1100
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At 07:31 AM 6/01/2004, jose barnes wrote:
>Dear All
>I am a new subscriber, also fairly new to family research.
>My Mothers family have Webbed feet! Not very noteworthy except that she
>remembers her grandfather Thomas Burgess saying that it was a family trait
>and that his cousin Captain Webb, of the Channel swimming fame had the
>same trait.
>I do not know if the relationship is real or imaginary but I would like to
>find out. I wondered if anyone had a copy of Webb family history that
>might enable me to find the family link. If there is one.
>Regards
>Jose (New Zealand)

Hi Jose. Welcome
May I ask how far back have you gone on your mother's side?
The steps, as you may or may not know, would be.
1. Your parent's marriage certificate.
2. Your mother's birth certificate.
3. Your grandparents, on you mother's side, certificate of marriage.

And from there, things might get a little fuzzy or not, depending upon
what records are available. . If you have a place, or address, the
1901 census is available online (payment of course) the 1891
census is a little more difficult, but available, and the 1881 census
is free by going to www.familysearch.org or simply ask me or other
listers who have it on disc at home.

I have the second edition British Vital Records at home on disc and
for Shropshire there are 25 baptisms of Web, Webb, Webbe, Weebe
and 22 marriages. The BVR records are additions to the original
IGI (International Genealogical Index), so you will not find them on that
index. Unfortunately, not too many parishes of Shropshire are
represented on these discs. If you have a Webb or Burgess name
in earlier days you would like me to look up on these discs, please
ask.
Good luck
Graham
Melbourne
Oz



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