Genealogy Chat

I can't get onto the site...is it just me? I've been trying on and off now for 4 days and can't get past the first page that asks you to select the country. Its driving me mad and if anyone can get in, would you mind quickly looking something up for me pretty please? Thanks Lou

I can- what you wanting?

Sorry....got sidetracked. You've never seen so much mess after baked beans! Ok....I'm trying to locate the batch number for marriages in Chilcote which may come under Staffs or may be Derbyshire (its sort of on the border) As well as the batch number, I'm really wanting to know what years (if any) are on IGI I've found a very possible baptism for my elusive William Bibb there in 1785. I'm having no luck tracing a marriage for him (nothing at all on IGI that fits) so I'm trying to establish whether Chilcote is an option If the records are on IGI then he didn't marry there either and its back to the drawing board. Any help would be great Lou

Oh it is working for me just been on there xxhugxx

Nah...still can't get in I'm on a new pooter since the last time I used it but every other site works fine so can't see it being that Ah well...hope someone will come to my rescue now!

IGI Individual Record FamilySearch™ International Genealogical Index v5.0 British Isles Search Results | Download | Pedigree -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WILLM BIB Male -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Event(s): Birth: Christening: 18 DEC 1785 Chilcote, Stafford, England Death: Burial: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parents: Mother: ELIZABETH BIB Family -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Messages: Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source Information: Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type: C036932 1660 - 1786 0417185 Film 1238602 Film C036932 1805 - 1809 0417185 Film NONE Sheet: 00

Lou They don't appear to have marriages for Chilcote. Heather

Hi Lou Sorry thats all I could find, no marriages listed in Chilcote, maybe someone with more experience than me could help Suzy :o) x

Thanks Suzy That's my man....possibly! Heather That's brilliant, thank you. So Chilcote is still an option then as there's nothing filmed on IGI. Lou (with a big beaming smile now..........lol!)

No, that's great....cos all I could find were Birmingham area marriages and none of them are him. His eldest child was baptised less than 15 miles away from Chilcote so I'm keeping everything crossed that he may have married there The parish registers for where the son was baptised have already been searched and that drew a blank

Lou, here's what I could find on British Origins. I've no idea if it fits, but no doubt you will. View records - Marriage Licence Allegations Index - Vicar-General 1694-1850 Search criteria: Last name: BIBB + Close variants First name: WILLIAM + All variants Year range: 1780 to 1910 Click column heading links to change order of results Applicant for licence was usually the groom, but not always. Licence Date Applicant Last Name Other Party Last Name Order Original 04 Oct 1848 ARMSTRONG BIBB View records - England & Wales Census 1841 Search criteria: Last name: BIBB + Close variants First name: WILLIAM + All variants Year range: 1780 to 1910 Viewing Images Please note: Without a plug-in you will be unable to view the TIFF images in your browser. If you are unable to view images, or if your default image viewer is Quicktime, please go to www.alternatiff.com and download the free image viewer. This viewer will allow you to zoom, rotate, save and print images. Click Here for Help Viewing Images Click column heading links to change order of results Click Details button to view full record. Last Name First Name Sex Age Birth County Place Township City Parish County Image Details BIBB WILLIAM M 13 WARWICKSHIRE SUMMER LANE BIRMINGHAM ST GEORGE WARWICKSHIRE BIBB WILLIAM M 20 STAFFORDSHIRE OVER END WEST BROMWICH NORTH EAST STAFFORDSHIRE BIBB WM M 35 WARWICKSHIRE SUMMER LANE BIRMINGHAM ST GEORGE WARWICKSHIRE Sue (in NZ)

Thanks for looking Sue My William is a weird one (aren't they all!). He married Mary ?? somewhere...I assume England but who knows! Pretty sure he originated in Staffordshire as most of the Bibb's were from the Midlands area. He had one child baptised in Staffs, one in Gloucestershire then 4 in different parts of London. He doesn't appear on the 1841 census for London...only one of the children does and he's in service in Westminster then William dies in Westminster in 1846. He would have married sometime between 1810 and 1815 at a rough guess....eldest child located born 1815 but there could have been others before that who maybe didn't survive long enough to be baptised or died in infancy and were baptised in places not filmed for IGI William is my big brickwall, apart from his death cert and his name on a few marriages and baptisms, there's nothing on him at all! Lou