Genealogy Chat

Thanks to everyone for there help come from the potteries so was not sure thanks agian Val

You can actually hear them on a quiet day for many miles, even south of the river but Merton is quite a bit south of south of the river! It is really Surrey, so nope, dad doesnt qualify Im afraid! Not even if he ate in Manze's pie shop once a week. You need to be born with the smell of the Thames up your nostrils! Oh gawd, now Im thinking about pie, mash and liquor, drowned in chilli vinegar. Actually guys, when I was down dads (when he was still well about a month ago) I got take away pie, mash and liquor and bought 6 bottles of chilli vinegar from them!

Cockney My father-in-law said he was a cockney he was born in kohat road where do you have to be born to be one, there are three kohat roads in london,think he's was sw19 merton Val

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Hi again Heather, just noticed my thread has popped back up! Thanks for answering it, as I had forgotten about it!!!! For everyone else! Here are the parishes available on the site: All Saints, Poplar 1813 to 1835 Entries:5,597 Completion:100% All Saints, Poplar 1835 to 1857 Entries:7,945 Completion:100% St Anne, Limehouse 1833 to 1854 Entries:10,732 Completion:100% St Dunstan, Stepney 1816 to 1826 NEW!! Entries:10,500 Completion: 57% St George in the East, Stepney 1815 to 1826 Entries: 9,645 Completion:100% St James, Ratcliff 1840 to 1913 Entries:4,800 Completion:100% St John, Wapping 1813 to 1842 Entries:4,500 Completion:100% St Mary, Whitechapel 1792 to 1812 Entries: TBC Completion: COMING SOON St Mary, Whitechapel 1813 to 1823 Entries:7,000 Completion: 50% St Paul, Shadwell 1852 to 1881 Entries:2,400 Completion:100% St Peters, Limehouse 1866 to 1903 Entries:3,242 Completion:100% St Peters, London Docks, Wapping 1878 to 1933 Entries:7,996 Completion:100% St Thomas, Stepney 1840 to 1876 NEW!! NOW COMPLETE!! Entries:6,915 Completion: 100% Christ Church, Isle of Dogs 1876 to 1904 Entries:5,000 Completion:100% St John, Cubitt Town, Isle of Dogs 1887-1902 Entries: 3,173 Completion: 100% St Luke, Millwall 1864 to 1887 Entries:2,407 Completion:100% St Mary, Newington, Southwark 1829 to 1837 Entries:TBC Completion: COMING NEXT St Mary, Newington, Southwark 1902 to 1922 Entries:5,556 Completion:100% Sarah :-)

Dockland ancestors do have various church records, updating all the time. If you go on there, a tip, when you do a search in one of the church records just put your grandads surname as it will bring up the lot with that name same price as searching for one person!

My great grandfather was born in Bow in 1880, will that be on this site. Would love to find out where he was baptised/christened. Thanks Fi

thanks heather il give it a try.

Well, not on line but you can get Lambeth at Southwark Archives. You could google and see what they have. Lambeth and Woolwich are actually south of the Thames and not strictly the east end, though often considered as cockney land. If you go to Dockland ancestors there are links on there for waterside parishes - you can buy the cds. They have also transcribed some of the Rotherhithe/Newington parish records on there and they can be viewed online. Im with you Sarah, Ive gone back past all the dates they have transcribed so far.

thats great but what would the site be if iwanted to get woolwich / lamberth parish records doesnt seem to be one.

Zoe its com

can I assume the sit eaddress is the name with a *co*uk at the end?

thanks for mentioning this I didnt know about it what a fantastic site.

Hi Heather, Am on the mailing list, I love the site also, just wish they'd add earlier Stepney stuff now....!! (And St George in the East/Whitechapel/Southwark/St James etc etc!!) Hope you're ok! Sarah

I love parishregisters - James Legon who runs it is such a lovely guy and passionate about docklands and genealogy. I do get newsletters when they update, have you added your name for them? You get discounts and stuff. Dont forget if you give a surname only on the search you bring up all the ancestors for the same price as looking for just one.

The site 'parishregister' has recently been updated. I have now found a whole host of baptisms of my rellies on there, its a tad dear at £2.95 a go, but in my case, a lot cheaper (and less draining!), than slogging round London trying to guess where the transient little beggars may have been born!! Sarah