Excerpt from Notes on Barry Genealogy in England and Wales Chapter I. - Motive in undertaking genealogical investigationfiabsence of information on the family history - Family Bible - Parentage and more immediate ancestry in London Difficulties of research in London - Search in Parish Registers - City Companies - Barry Family established in Hampshire between two and three centuries - Village of Fording bridge and hamlet of Goreley - Information based on evidence of Parish Registers, wills, Chancery records, &c - Wills at Winchester and Somerset House - Manorial records from a.d. 1430 to seventeenth century - Value of Court Rolls - Records at Salisbury and West Alvington - Genealogical tables - Feudal Aids - Loose spelling of family name Important positions held by members of family - Connection of Hampshire family with the Barrys of Hereford and South Wales pages 3 to 14. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.