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I have a baptism for one of my ancestors at Holy Trinity, Coventry, in 1826, and the abode is given as "Arnold Place".

Does anyone happen to know if that's actually in Coventry? Her place of birth is given as Keresley on the censuses.

Also, does anyone happen to have access to parish registers for Exhill?

Mary

Hi Kal
Just a small query on the London Road burials.

I have these on disc as well but have never been able to "cut and paste" the info on it to a word doc. It means laboriously typing out which at my typing speed is very slow.
Is there a trick to it or am I missing something
Sylvia

Hi Sylvia,

No unfortunatley you do have to laboriously type the info, but the info i put re the codes above, for some reason it did let me cut and paste
Shame really because it would be much easier

Kal

Hi mary

not sure about Arnold Place hun i have the Coventry 1841 andi tried typing the address in and it came up no matches

Kal
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Never mind, thanks for looking.

I have both Trevor Harkin's excellent books, the one on the Bablake School WW1 Roll of Honour and the new one on the fallen from WW1 who have plaques in the Memorial Park.

I am happy to search these if anyone would like me to.

I'm also reasonably good on the histories of Earlsdon and Chapelfields and watchmaking if that might help.

Sheila

Mary
Keresley is laying the outskirts of Coventry , not far from Foleshill

Sheila
Regarding Watchmaking, have you ever come across Charles Flint?? HE lived in Craven Street (his house has a blue plaque on) at one pint he employed quite a few people at Coventry hertitage weekend we managed to see a Charles Flint watch but we still have little information about his watchmaking. We have managed to find him on Census records which has shown he once lived in Barrs Hill house His not my relation but my friends and we have both serached to still come back with no more than we know.
Sharon

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A couple of useful sites for anyone researching in Coventry:

http://warwickshire-info.rootschat.net/

http://www.covkid.org.uk/Database%20Homepage.html

Hi Kal

Thanks for all the useful information that you have recorded here.

I am researching mainly the following names in Coventry

Carr
Carvell
Spencer
West

but also have interest in

Anderton
Dawson
Fawson
Moore
Orton
Payne
Prentice

I am happy to exchange information with anybody that it may help

Jackie

Hers some more links
Social History in Coventry
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=16030

Registration Dist
http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/coventry.html

http://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/main/main.php

Domestic buildings
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=16023&strquery=hillfields

Coventry Streets
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=16006

Pictures of coventry
http://www.picturesofcoventry.co.uk/index.php

Hi Jackie,

My gt gt grannies sister Catherine Bilson married a John West in 1831, I have the family coming forward any link ?

Kal
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Covlass

Sorry for the delay - don't get on here very much at the moment, but will put Charles Flint on my To do list and see what I come up with.

Sheila

Im living in Coventry at min (although not from here originally)! Researching my daughters tree, Im looking for: Charley, Cleaver, Wilkins (Foleshill area), Lloyd, Gascoigne, Randle, Yardley, Riley.

Sheila
No rush it's been a task thats been ongoing for some time now Im sure one day we will manage to find some information on this man
Sharon

Pickards pink pages have added some new entries for St John's coventry

Autumn History Fair
Coventry Museum of Road Transport
Sunday October 7th 2007 from 10 am to 5 pm.
FREE ADMISSION

Local History Groups

Local Interest Groups

Local & County Family History Societies

Commercial Stands
(for info about commercial stands contact Geoff Barwick 024 7646 4256)

Presented by Coventry Society & Coventry Family History Society


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Family Search Roadshow
LDS Church, Riverside Close, Whitley, Coventry

Thursday October 11th, 2pm - 9pm
Friday October 12th, 10am - 9pm
Saturday October 13th, 9am - 4pm

further details on www.lds.org.uk

The Coventry Family History Society will have a display and be in attendance

Hi Kal

No link that I can see at the moment but you never know.

Jackie