G'day Sharon,
I was interested to read about your continuing Wiltshire research. Most
of the early Catley records are based on Church of England parish records
with the first Wiltshire records based on the Tisbury Independent Church
records. From what you have found it would seem that there was a
subsequent shift, at least for some members, to change their allegiance to
Roman Catholicism. In the most often quoted genealogical sources, records
from these churches do not appear as frequently as those from C of E and
other official sources. Consequently a lot of records might be overlooked.
I have several gaps in my knowledge of the Hertfordshire Catleys which
might be resolved by searching through non Cof E parish records.
At 09:30 PM 8/4/04 +0100, you wrote:
Hi Tim
Just to let you know I finally made it back to Trowbridge (Wiltshire)
Record Office yesterday to try to piece together some of the missing links
with this particular branch, and it really paid dividends! It did mean
trying to decipher Latin poring through the Wardour Roman Catholic Chapel
microfilms (about 3 hours!).
Regards,
Mick Catley