Thread: Bailey family little melton norfolk uk

I have traced my Bailey Family roots back to about 1720 in Little Melton, Norfolk but am now stuck.
I have discovered there are a significant number of Baileys in the immediate surrounding villages of Hetherset, Great Melton, Colney as well as slightly further afield at Intwood, Hethel and Hempnall. From the various parish records I have plotted Bailey Family trees in all of these villages including Bailey variants of Baly, Baley etc. There are significant numbers of Baileys in Hetherset awho can be traced back to about 1590. It appears that this village might have been the old focus of the family and subsequent Baileys have moved away. However I have been unable to link any of the Baileys in these other villages to those in Little Melton. We are now beyond parish records as those in Little Melton only start in 1734.
Does anyone have any suggestions of how I might find any possible links between these Bailey families.

Hello

Congratulations on getting back to 1720, as you have found records are few and far between. Your into Poll Boooks, Court records, and anything that has survived

You may need to shift your search to another/ close by Parishwhere the records have survived or where the Church was in existence at that time, Did Little Melton start in 1720?

Presumably you have used pilot.familsearch.org.uk and beta.familysearch.org.uk !

Consider joining the local Family History Society who over a number of years will have built up vast libraries and usually have a team of helpful and knowleadgeable volunteers norfolkfhs.org.uk

Try this site http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/ which also lists other resources available for the county

You may need to visit the local RO to search any surviving documents that are held!

Good luck in your continued research

elsabels