Hi Matt,

Shame you can't get over. 

If you don't get a response then there is always plan B.  The Mormons probably filmed the registers in the first place and by visiting one of their Family History Centres you can arrange for a copy of the films for a few dollars each.  (There is no religious pressure!)  There are quite a lot of Centres in Texas http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp  Sometimes takes a few weeks to arrive and there is a time limit before they have to be returned.

Ask them to help you identify which films you need.  After 1756 (I think) separate registers were required for births, marriages and burials, which may be split across one or more films.   Church records were not supposed to record the date of birth, just the baptism.  Some vicars/curates were considerate and did add them though.  Be careful, parents siblings and cousins, often used the same names for their own children.

Plan C - Which you should do anyway.  Contact the company through their website and ask if they have an archive department which may already have done the work for you.  Also contact the Worcester Family History Centre http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/home/wcc-records.htm and ask them if the have any information, being a famous local company.

Good luck

Mike


--- In parishmouse@..., "Matt" <pirsirsursuaq@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks - I should have been clearer, I meant does anyone have access
> to Claines parish records, as I've been unable to find what I need in
> the census.
>
> I know J W Lea had more than two children as I found a photo of
> Charles' gravestone in Powick online and it says he's the 4th son, but
> as you've noticed the only ones listed in the census are Laura and
> Charles. I also found J W Lea in a hotel in London in the 1851 census.
>
> I wondered if Claines parish church would have records of
> christenings, as it's the other children I'm interested in.
>
> Thanks
>
> Matt
>
> --- In parishmouse@..., Lora Pallatto lorapallatto@
> wrote:
> >
> > 1841 Census record shows the following entries in Lansdowne
> Crescent, Clains, Worcester:
> >
> > William Perins, 47, Chymist
> > Mary, 79
> > Charles, 7
> > Elizabeth Walton, 40
> > Ann Blacks, 16
> > Laura Lea, 19 -- born 1822/1823
> > Charles Lea, 13 -- born 1828/1829
> >
> >
> > 1851 Census record Lansdowne Crescent, Clains, Worcester
> >
> > William Perins, 57, Druggist
> > Sarah, 50
> > James (son), 27
> > Ann Griffiths (servant), 28
> > Elizabeth Brown (servant), 25
> >
> > John Wheeley Lea, 59, Chemist & Druggist
> > Laura Elizabeth Lea, (daughter) 28
> > Caroline Ann Cook (visitor) 38
> > Mary Ann Walton, 23 (servant)
> > Jane Walton, 19 (servant)
> >
> > 1861 St. John, Worcestershire
> >
> > John W. Lea, 69
> > Laura E. Lea, 38
> > Charles W. Lea, 32
> >
> > Although Charles married Amy, they do not appear to have had any
> children. No children are listed in the 1871 or 1881 census records.
> >
> >
> >
> > --- On Tue, 1/6/09, Matt pirsirsursuaq@ wrote:
> > 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
> >
>