Ancestry recently released the Church of England parish registers from Jersey, Channel Islands. My 2x great grandfather’s sister went to the Channel Islands, so I have been searching the parish registers, as well as checking the census records, for her family. I have already set up 3 posts about the family: The Prout family of… Continue reading Sarah Eliza Prout
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Mary Jane Prout
Mary had appeared with her parents on the 1851 and 1861 censuses, but not on the 1871 census. She could have possibly married or died, but there was no marriage or death found in the Jersey records. I therefore decided to search for any records for a Mary Jane Prout, born about 1848 at St… Continue reading Mary Jane Prout
The Prout family of St Helier
One of my 2x great grandfather’s sisters went to live at St Helier after her marriage. I had followed the family through the census records, but I hadn’t yet found the baptism, burial and marriage records for the family. So, when last week Ancestry announced on their blog the release of the collections for Jersey,… Continue reading The Prout family of St Helier
