hi matt,the area of claines covered a lot of worcester so your
missing baptisms etc might be in another church records besides the
church in claines village itself.have a look at a map of worcester
and find landsdown crescent for instance (its off rainbow hill a fair
distance from claines) .also google maps will show you nearby
churches.if you google johns name all sort of sites come up with info
on him that might help you.did you know there was a ward in worcester
infimary named after him?i can remember viseting someone there many
years ago.good luck with your search patx-- In
parishmouse@..., "Matt" <pirsirsursuaq@...> wrote:
>
> 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
>