Thread: Alice Funge c.1744

Hi all,

I was wondering if anyone would be able to help me out.

My gx6 Grandmother was called Alice Funge and her marriage record on familsearch.org states she was 'of Twyford, Bucks'. She married my gx6 Grandfather William George b.1744 and they married 23/11/1766.

I can find no record of her prior to this date, although I come across a few Funge's on that site and Ancestry, there is no record of her.

Has anyone got any ideas or advice?

One more quick question, is there any way of going back further than 1538? I have reached that point on one branch of the line and would love to go back further but have no idea how. I understand that the general recording of bmd started with the Chruch of England establishment during Henry VIII reign, was there any records prior to that for the ordinary people of England?

Thanks all, appreciate any help or advice.

Erika

Hello erika

ALice FUNGE have you had a look at www.books.google.co.uk

I type in the persons surname and / or the forename.... you wil see that there are quite a few references to the surname and and Alice...might help you in putting the pieces of the family together.

Parish registers were introduced circa 1585...so you are reliant on whatever has survived! Wills, deeds etc try the Natioanl Archives and any other printed matter for earlier records...

Elsabels

Thanks Elsabels. I had no idea that google had that particular search option.

I have had a read, I need to really discover Alice's parents and travel further back to connect the people mentioned in search results. However, there is every possibility when I manage to do that, that they are connected, given the unusual name and area.

I am going to have a look and see if Parish records etc for the areas in which I am stumpped are on CD somewhere, or in a book or some kind.

Thanks again for your help.

Erika