From: Matt <pirsirsursuaq@...>
Subject: [parishmouse] Leas - Claines
To: parishmouse@...
Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009, 7:01 PM

Hi

I noticed there's a link to Claines parish church so I assume someone
on here must live there. I wondered if Claines parish records were
available to view anywhere?

I'm trying to verify the family legend that we're descended of John
Wheeley Lea of Lea & Perrins fame.

I'm going backwards from family knowledge and have got as far as 1843
before hitting an online brick wall with an apparently unregistered
birth, and to get beyond that I'll need to visit the Worcester records
office. I'm living in Texas at the moment, so can't do that for a while.

I'm also trying to establish J W Lea's children so I can work
downwards through the census/bmd records. He lived in Lansdowne
Crescent in Claines, so his children might be listed in parish records.

Does anyone on this list have access to those records who could find
the names and dates of birth of J W Lea's children?

Happy new year to everyone,

Matt