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Links and Resources

England:
The Public Record Office of Great Britain
Wiltshire Record Office
Wiltshire Family History Society
Moonrakers
Downton St. Laurence Church
Downton Village News

Canada:
Talbot Settlement Area
Elgin County Branch Ontario Genealogical Society
Elgin County Library
St. Thomas Public Library
Ontario Archives

Genealogy Resources:
The best genealogy site, links to everywhere: Cyndis List

Records consulted in investigating this story:

Record Type

Location

Ministry of Health, Board of Trade, Colonial Office, War Office and Parliamentary Papers

Public Record Office Kew, England.

Parish Chest records and registers (1799-1836)

Wiltshire Record Office, Trowbridge, England.

Maps, Vital Statistics, Minutes of the House of Assembly 1836, Province of Upper Canada

Ontario Archives, Toronto, Canada

Census Records and land petition records

National Archives, Ottawa, Canada

Newspaper and Genealogy records

George Thorman Room, St. Thomas Library, Ontario, Canada

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