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From: John V Addis-Smith< >
Subject: Re: ANCESTORS OF CHARLES & SARAH CLARK 1820 SETTLERS
Date: Thu, 04 Sep 1997 20:37:07 GMT


On Fri, 29 Aug 1997 06:45:44 -0700, David Clarke wrote:

>I have been frustrated for years in my search for more details concerning
>the o+rigins of Charles & Sarah Clark. They came out with Waits Party & in
>order to establish their origins I have searched the following IGI
>printouts for Charles(36) & Sarah(31) as well as their children Joshia(8)
>Frances Harriet(5) & David(1). in the following pages:-
>county BUCKINGHAM 2759,2760,2761,2764,2785,2786,2794,2795
>county OXFORD 1867
>county BERKSHIRE 2626,2628, 2662
>county LONDON 29 718, 29 719, 29 720, 29 721, 29 904 to 29 919(16
>PAGES),29 973, 29 974, 29 975, 30 198, 30 199
>county SUSSEX 4884.
> [Another child was born in the Cape Charles(b 1st April 1822)],
>I have recently written off for more county Buckingham pages to complete
>the Frances Harriet search in that area. I choose her as she had two
>names which I think was unusual.
>Can anyone help? Where do I go from here? How can I determine my mothers
>family name?
>With so many pages of records is anyone wanting details of info on the 37
>odd pages which I have? I maybe able to help.
>dave henry mclean clark[3rd]

David

I would suggest that you use the IGI on CD-ROM and loaded down all the
Charles Clarke and Sarah xxxx marriages for the relevant period.
Similarly for the baptisms of the children. I don't know what the
logistics are for you in SA for this sort of thing. You could get a
paid researcher in the UK to do it for you, if necessary. See my other
posting today on Family Tree Magazine. That posting also covers
getting the Gibson Guide on UK county marriage indexes. These are
normally much more comprehensive (and more accurate) than the IGI for
marriages.

Do you have any clues about which parts of UK that the members of
Wait's Party came from? If you could find where others in the party
came from (say, from death notices - I assume that Charles and Sarah
Clarke's and there UK born children's death notices were no help) it
would give some sort of guide.

Cheers, John

--
John Addis-Smith - Cross End House,Thurleigh, Bedford, England MK44 2EE

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