Working on Family Tree

[Sandieh]

I dont know if anyone would know the answer to this, but here goes, I`m working on my family tree and many of my relatives were from Horwich near Bolton as a child I remember being taken to a large cemetery I think it was on Chorley New Road Horwich, I remember looking up and having a good view of The Pike, Does anyone know the name of this cemetery? Sandie.[]

[noel]

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Originally posted by Sandieh

I dont know if anyone would know the answer to this, but here goes, I`m working on my family tree and many of my relatives were from Horwich near Bolton as a child I remember being taken to a large cemetery I think it was on Chorley New Road Horwich, I remember looking up and having a good view of The Pike, Does anyone know the name of this cemetery? Sandie.[]

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The only one on Chorley New Road Sandy is Overdale which is just on the outskirts of Bolton. The site also mentions Heaton Cemetery in Horwich.
http://www.bolton.org.uk/overdale.html

[Sandieh]

Thanks Noel, it was the early 1950s when I was taken there and I`m begining to wonder if it was Chorley Old Rd or Chorley New Rd. maybe it was Overdale, this family tree thing is so addictive I`m trying to look up records that I never even thought of before.
I hope your wife is doing well after her surgery. best wishes Sandieh

[Spitfire]

Sandie, Can`t help you with the cemetery I`m afraid, but as geneology is my hobby I would be glad to do some `look-ups` for you if you need them. I`ve got the 1881 census on CD`s etc.

[Guest 01]

Genealogy is so addictive.I started tracing my father's family roots some years ago-found a 'half'family who had been living in Leyland for many years-even a half cousin the same age as myself of whom I had no knowledge.
Also found that my great grandmother had been in service at Lathom Hall and eventually housekeeper to the then Lord Lathom.
Apart from that no real skeletons.
Got back to London in 1780 and there the trail disappeared.
As well as the satisfaction of finding your background there is also the sense of history along the way.
LG

[Spitfire]

Lady G, `Addictive`, certainly sums it up. Although I was born in Preston, we have lived in Leyland for nearly 40 years now. Imagine the delight when my genealogy reserch led to evidence of my Great-Grandmother being born in Leyland.

[Sandieh]

Are there any census records available before the 1881, I managed to find my great grandparents Jones on the 1881 census, but there it stops, I dont know how to get further back.[?][]

[accy stan]

Sandie, the British census is taken every ten years and is available after 100 years, the 1901 census is on the net {limited unless you pay} at www.1901census.nationalarchives.gov.uk so to answer your question, yes there were census,s taken in 1841-51-61-71 they are all available but not on the net. Check your local branch of the latter day saints, they have the best collection of records and make them available and are very helpful. I,ll check some other records and get back to you.

[accy stan]

SANDIE, done some more checking and though there is a lot of info on the net, I couldn,t find any records that would help. It seems that the Church leaders in Wales are very reluctant to allow their records to be copied by the Church of Latter day Saints. However a good site for you to try is www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/DEN this will take you into Denbigh with links to Betwsynrhos and Llansanan where your gt grandparents were born, there are photos of the churches and a list of addresses where records are available. There is also a lot of info on the history of Denbighshire. It is possible that there were more children who had married prior to the 1881 census as Hannah was 29 when Hugh was born in 1857. Hope this helps a little, interesting stuff isn,t it.

[Sandieh]

[]Thanks Stan, it really is interesting stuff, I`ve been on here for 4 hours and did`nt realize its almost midnight here, I got more info this evening which led me to find my great grandparents in Dorset, I`ll keep trying, the latter day saints dont have the discs for sale here, but there is a place where I can buy vouchers in Perth so that I can pay for more information online. OK its midnight here I`m switching off [|)] Goodnight folks [|)] Thanks again Stan.