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Janet
To find out about genealogy in the UK go to www.genuki.org.uk This provides
lots of information about starting your search in the UK
From there go to the Somerset county webpage and see what is available
on-line. You will find the 'Look-up' offers useful but first you need to
identify the parish your Chubb ancestor came from. James R Chubb was born
before Sept 1837 so there is no national registration of his birth. This will
be in the parish register of his town or village. But you could obtain his
marriage certificate - full information about this is at
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/civreg/index.html
I belong to the Somerset and Dorset Family History Society. Their webpage is
http://www.sdfhs.org
For a small fee they offer lists of Somerset baptisms, marriages etc See
'Society Services'. The IGI hardly covers Somerset so searching via
www.familysearch.org probably won't help.
You could join a rootsweb Somerset mailing list to ask questions about your
Somerset ancestors.
This is just the basics! Good luck. There were Chubbs in Huntspill, and
Bridgewater, Somerset. Don't forget to search the CHUBB-L archives for other
Chubb researchers with Somerset ancestry. James Chubb born about 1823 is not
in the 1881 UK census (nor wife or child) so I guess he was in the US by
then. There are 141 Chubbs in the 1881 census who were born in Somerset - so
his siblings may be there.
Celia
Hello, I'm new to the group, my name is Janet and I'm currently looking for some of my husband's relatives who immigrated from England. I haven't looking for anyone in England yet and I am hoping someone might know of some good places I can contact for information on the CHUBB family.
The people I am looking for in England are James R CHUBB, born 1833 in Sommersetshire and died 29 March 1923, Dubuque County, Iowa. He was married to Martha A. HATCH in 1860 in Sommersetshire. She was born 1841 and died in 1920 in Iowa. They only had one daughter by the name of Carrie E. CHUBB. I am wondering mainly where the best place is to look for their parents along with other family information. Are there any family books published?
Thank you for any suggestions you may have,
Janet S.
I am new to the list. My Chubbs are from Fordingbridge, Hampshire. UK
They were tickmakers - a fabric for covering mattresses. Records show that
Chubbs were in Fordingbridge from the 17 century. One branch of the Chubbs
from Fordingbridge invented the Chubb lock patent.
Please contact me if you are researching this family branch.
Celia