I assume I'm doing something wrong

I suggest if you have any questions relating to the Gloucestershire Archives website that you contact them direct.

When you are on the Gloucestershire Archives website you will see a link - [color=#800]Researching family history[/color].

On the Researching family history page you will see a further link - [color=#800]use this link to ask Gloucestershire Archives a family history related enquiry[/color].

Many thanks for your e-mail.

One suggestion has been to look on Gloucestershire Archieves on-line service. Although I can select the folders on the archive catalogue I have not been able to open individual items through this route of inquiry(I assume I'm doing something wrong).

Regards

Keith

If it is possible to view the original registers for such clues to support the above information it would be very much appreciated.

Original source material relating to Corse is held by the Gloucestershire Archives

Baptisms    1661-1874
Marrisges   1661-1837
Burials     1661-1919

Many thanks for your reply. Unfortunately the link you provided is the very same transcript that I have been using.

The reason for wishing to view the original pages is to see if there is any indication, clues or reference which may support my theory that Francis & Ann Bayley were resident and had several children in that parish.

Francis (born in 1717 Ashleworth) inherited land at Corse and Tirley from his grandfather Richard Bayley (confirmed in a copy of the will of Richard). Francis is noted in the Corse Parish Records as a Churchwarden in 1741 to 43, and later the baptism of his daughter Elizabeth, and finally the burials of Ann (1781) and Francis (1784). I cannot believe that Francis and Ann had only one child.

Francis is noted in volume 8 of "The History of the County of Gloucestershire" as "Francis Bayley's gift of a 12s rent-charge for bread".

Strangely enough Thomas and Mary Hulls, landowners and farmers of Corse House, later named their youngest son Francis Bayley Hulls. Therefore, I can only assume Francis had some popularity within this small community.

Much later George and Esther Bailey were recorded in the 1841 Census as living in Orridge Street, Corse, with there youngest son Joseph and family.I believe George (b.1770/1) may be the grandson of Francis.

If it is possible to view the original registers for such clues to support the above information it would be very much appreciated.

Kind Regards

Keith Bailey

Looking through the on-line transcripts of the Corse Parish Records many of the original pages between the 1730's to 1750's were damaged and only parts of these pages were eligible and have been transcribed.

Is it possible to obtain photocopies or scanned copies of the damaged pages to see what information can be gleaned from them at first-hand? Where would it be possible to find these?

Regards

Keith Bailey