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Thanks Pat. That would explain a marriage AFTER possible death of John.

Thanks, Pat, for another information-packed newsletter.

Everyone would know exactly where you lived if you told them that you lived in Anti Dry Rot Lane!  Maybe the Anti Dry Rot Company built the cottages for their workers and insisted that they should be allowed to call it that!!

I am wondering if Abraham died at Kewstoke in May 1744/1745 and is buried with his first wife Elisabeth/Elizabeth? Abraham's possible burial record is on FreeReg and his surname is transcribed as THAIER (and THAEIR on Findmypast). Elisabeth was buried at Kewstoke on 19 June 1728/1729 (before Abraham's second marriage 5 March 1728/1729). I then thought there might be a third marriage record for Sarah but I think she was buried at Bedminster St John's (FamilySearch link so requires registration) on 26 January 1755/1756.

None of this helps you with her baptism record!

These dates are before the Julian Calendar was introduced in 1752 therefore the marriage of Abraham THAYER to the widow, Sarah HANNAM should be written as 5th March 1728/9 as the new year started on March 25th.   Image from Ancestry.

Please: do NOT laminate them - you won't be able to succesfully photocopy them later (because of the shine) and if the laminating machine breaks down you may destroy the document completely.  Other don'ts: no sellotape - it leaves dark stains (see 1939 Register for examples of this) or metal paper clips - they go rusty.

There are several companies that supply archival-friendly (henceforth known as a-f) materials.  For artifacts you can obtain a-f tissue paper to wrap them in and then store them in a-f boxes.

With documents there are "plastic" sleeves - these are designed to store postcards, photos, medals/coins, A5 & A4.  They are created so that the chemicals in your documents' ink does not leach out and then get stuck to the plastic.

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