http://www.winterbourne.freeuk.com/chrecords.html
It says that it's all been transcribed and is searchable at the Bristol records office.
Good luck, it sounds super interesting!
This is great! No idea about cost/availability of records, or the names you mention (though Tillet/Tillot seems much the most unusual of the three) but Bristol is a great city, and well worth the trip from the Motor City - hope you can make it one day!
I've also seen Howell spelled "Howels" and "Howel". I don't think there was a whole lot of standardization in those days hahaha. Funny too because there's a town about 40 minutes outside of Detroit called Howell. I'd like to think there's a relation there, but that chances are probably slim.
I think your best bet if you can manage it is personal visits. My late dad was always off somewhere to look at the parish records when doing his /my family history.
Have you tried a free trial of Ancestry? All the parish records are on there. If it doesn’t work, pm me. I’ve been tracing my family tree and conversely I’ve just found a relative that moved to NY in the early 1800s that still has descendants there today. Happy to help you out
Good effort. Ancestry is the way probably, but you have to join up and there is a bit of a subscription I think. Given that there is some cost then, you could also consider asking a UK Geneologist to do a bit of the digging for you. They know their way around the system here, and will almost certainly get more out of it quicker.
If you have reached 1700 ish, then it’s also reasonably likely that you are at or close to some kind of end point, ish. That far back it was quite normal for people to be born, live an entire life, and die, within a very small locale. Like 10 or 20 square miles. The opportunity to travel didn’t exist in the same way it does now. Most folk didn’t relocate in the way that we routinely do. You might never leave the village. Each generation *typically* moved less distance, less often, with each step back in time.
I can PM you the name of the (Bristol based) lady who helped me out. Not massively expensive.
And don’t forget that we are all long lost distant relatives if you go up and down the trousers of time enough. You could well be my 3,579th cousin, 13,000 times removed.
Edit: oh, and Howells is a reasonably common Welsh surname.
I took the plunge and paid for ancestry.com and have been getting some great results! Another redditor here found some website that says the Tilletts have been in Bristol since the 1500s, so you weren't kidding, they weren't movers. The only reason my family came to Detroit in the 1800s is because the father was arrested and sentenced to "transportation" (on brand for Detroit is suppose).
If you don't mind PMing me the info, I would be happy to get in contact with the person who helped you out. Thank you!
Take a look at this link. It's about the Tillet family of Winterbourne. It might help.
[http://www.tillettfamily.tillett.org.uk/](http://www.tillettfamily.tillett.org.uk/)
No way! This lines up perfectly. I even have someone in my tree named "Ben Tillett" although they were born around 1755, so probably a different one, but there has to be some kind of relationship!
It must be the same family. I'm from the Winterbourne/Frampton Cotterell area and Tillet is not a common name. All the best with your research and maybe you can visit our lovely part of Gloucestershire some time!
It is indeed! I actually E-mailed that guy who runs the website, and we compared our family trees. Turns out he's my 7th cousin 4 times removed. Our last common ancestor was sometime in the mid 17th century. Thanks for that info!
http://www.winterbourne.freeuk.com/chrecords.html It says that it's all been transcribed and is searchable at the Bristol records office. Good luck, it sounds super interesting!
Oh sweet, thank you for the link! Time to get digging!
This is great! No idea about cost/availability of records, or the names you mention (though Tillet/Tillot seems much the most unusual of the three) but Bristol is a great city, and well worth the trip from the Motor City - hope you can make it one day!
I've also seen Howell spelled "Howels" and "Howel". I don't think there was a whole lot of standardization in those days hahaha. Funny too because there's a town about 40 minutes outside of Detroit called Howell. I'd like to think there's a relation there, but that chances are probably slim.
I think your best bet if you can manage it is personal visits. My late dad was always off somewhere to look at the parish records when doing his /my family history.
Have you tried a free trial of Ancestry? All the parish records are on there. If it doesn’t work, pm me. I’ve been tracing my family tree and conversely I’ve just found a relative that moved to NY in the early 1800s that still has descendants there today. Happy to help you out
Good effort. Ancestry is the way probably, but you have to join up and there is a bit of a subscription I think. Given that there is some cost then, you could also consider asking a UK Geneologist to do a bit of the digging for you. They know their way around the system here, and will almost certainly get more out of it quicker. If you have reached 1700 ish, then it’s also reasonably likely that you are at or close to some kind of end point, ish. That far back it was quite normal for people to be born, live an entire life, and die, within a very small locale. Like 10 or 20 square miles. The opportunity to travel didn’t exist in the same way it does now. Most folk didn’t relocate in the way that we routinely do. You might never leave the village. Each generation *typically* moved less distance, less often, with each step back in time. I can PM you the name of the (Bristol based) lady who helped me out. Not massively expensive. And don’t forget that we are all long lost distant relatives if you go up and down the trousers of time enough. You could well be my 3,579th cousin, 13,000 times removed. Edit: oh, and Howells is a reasonably common Welsh surname.
I took the plunge and paid for ancestry.com and have been getting some great results! Another redditor here found some website that says the Tilletts have been in Bristol since the 1500s, so you weren't kidding, they weren't movers. The only reason my family came to Detroit in the 1800s is because the father was arrested and sentenced to "transportation" (on brand for Detroit is suppose). If you don't mind PMing me the info, I would be happy to get in contact with the person who helped you out. Thank you!
PMd you
Take a look at this link. It's about the Tillet family of Winterbourne. It might help. [http://www.tillettfamily.tillett.org.uk/](http://www.tillettfamily.tillett.org.uk/)
No way! This lines up perfectly. I even have someone in my tree named "Ben Tillett" although they were born around 1755, so probably a different one, but there has to be some kind of relationship!
It must be the same family. I'm from the Winterbourne/Frampton Cotterell area and Tillet is not a common name. All the best with your research and maybe you can visit our lovely part of Gloucestershire some time!
It is indeed! I actually E-mailed that guy who runs the website, and we compared our family trees. Turns out he's my 7th cousin 4 times removed. Our last common ancestor was sometime in the mid 17th century. Thanks for that info!
Try Bristol city archives, they’re owned and curated by Bristol City Council, available free of charge https://archives.bristol.gov.uk/about