Oh this family are out to drive me round the bend ( and the bend does not seem to far off
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I sent for and have just received the copy of the church records for the Family in Carleton in Craven.
Despite the records in Skipton saying a George Thistlethwaite was baptised there , married and died there, they have only found an entry for his marriage.
I was so confident that an entry would have given his fathers name, when will I learn!!!!
But I suppose to be fair to the archivist the writing is so bad, a date in 1697 would easily be missed.
Ah well, I either give up, trail up to Leeds and see if I can spot the missing date.
I have a message on Carleton web to see if anyone can help, no takers yet. I also visited the churchyard this week and got soaked, passed a house that was selling plants for the Pakistan relief, bought some, OK all that she had ,and the house owner gave me a lift back into Skipton.
Plus the post office hasn't franked my envelope so I'm a stamp in credit
there is a bright side after all.