With an ancestor with the distinctive name of Kingston Bedford you might think it would be easy for Jeni to prove that Kingston Bedford shoe maker of Chesham, was the son of Kingston Bedford, bone-setter and farrier of Hemel Hempstead.
The general problem is explained in Where to look before 1837 when the Parish Registers don't help and in Kingston BEDFORD, Hemel Hempstead, circa 1800 I look at the options. If Kinston senior was Kingston junior's father the Land Tax records for Hemel Hempstead and Chesham might provide a last date living at Hemel Hempstead and a first date at Chesham (if he was ever there). Something might also trun up in the Chesham burial registers.
