James Curtis Wombell

[craft1948]

The only thing I have to prove this guy ever lived is a copy of his marriage certificate.

He may not even be a relative of mine but as my great-grandfather was George Curtis Wombell (before he very wisely changed his name) the odds must be good in them being related.

James was married in York in 1856 to Ann Parnaby. He is shown as being 20 years old and a Gentleman's Servant, she is 19 years old, and they lived in Walmgate, which was a very poor part of York..

His father is shown as John Wombell a Labourer (my great-great-grandfather is variously shown as Joseph and John)

I can't find James' birth registration or him on any censuses, although the chances of mis-spellings must be tremendous.

Any help appreciated......

[dothawkes31]

he;s transcribed as james coates wombell by the mormons if he married ann barnaby in 1856

[dothawkes31]

did it show parnaby on the marriage cert cos the mormon index has it as barnaby

[craft1948]

Hi dot, he married Ann Parnaby in St Margarets Church, York.....what is the mormon index?

[Barmaid]

The IGI,Crafty. I'll have a tinker with it tomorrow!!

[dothawkes31]

They have them on their IGI the way you name them but on their Parish Register search pilot it is james coates wombell and ann barnaby
http://pilot.familyse...arch/start.html#start

[craft1948]

thanks BM and dot :-)

[dothawkes31]

I would look at Wombwell too as an alternative.

I'm off to watch a dvd tonight and so not about tonight, been a traumatic day here.

[Garmard]

Try Access to Archives (A2A) craft, it may be of some help. Just type in the name and its huge database might pick out what you need to know......Just a wim?

[craft1948]

sorry Garmard what website is that?

[dothawkes31]

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/
This site is excellent if you are looking for padding to your genealogy which is is the family history aspect of your search , or the meat on the bones as it is usually termed craft. The access to archives site contains a database of records from most County Record Office colections and predominanly the Quarter Session catalogue and estate papers, some solicitors records, assizes and parish records like removal and settlement filiation (b@stardy) bonds and wills. It is not an index or collection of pariosh registers as these were deposited to the Diocesan Record Offiice within the CRO and they are also welll catered for in other indexes.
As an example of what you can locate, put a name in the search box and a list of instances of that name comes up , it's quite complex to search the list sometimes as documents are grouped into categories and you have to enter the linbk then browse, but it is very useful and worthwhile.

It's an excellent site and means that the local county record office is able to show off what it has and then once you find an item you can send for a copy of it to include in your own research archive., you can spend hours researching in there but before you start you need to be sure of your facts as there is not very often much detail to confirm it is your ancestor.