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Parish Registers

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Colin

Colin Report 4 Jun 2003 07:28

This probably sounds naive, but how do I begin to research Parish Registers in England and Wales? Colin Abbott Western Australia [email protected]

Martin

Martin Report 4 Jun 2003 07:48

Are you going to search films/fiche at a FRC or wanting to search online? If you are starting with the IGI etc at the LDS WWW site then I would use this site rather than the LDS direct. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers.htm#Page It will let you search one period at one church at a time. If you search on a surname then (if you are lucky!) a whole family sometimes appears. Download the results into a GEDCOM file to save writing it all down, you can import this into a family tree program later. Searching the IGI direct for just a surname often can produce too many results. Martin

Researching:
BRISCOE POUNDER BOLTON STOKESLEY MIDDLETON_TYAS KIRKBYMOORSIDE LAVERTON KIRKBY_MALZEARD GREWELTHORPE GRANTLEY BRYNREFAIL DEINIOLEN TALYSARN TREALAW LLANFIHANGEL_BRYN_PABUAN MAESMYNIS

Lynne

Lynne Report 4 Jun 2003 17:51

Martin I just tried the site you suggested and got the 'page cannot be displayed' message. I know I entered it correctly because I copied and pasted it from your message. Any advice? Lynne

Tracey

Tracey Report 5 Jun 2003 07:33

I AM VERY FRUSTRATED, TRIED FINDING THE PARISH REGISTERS, AS SUGGESTED BUT IT KEPT FLASHING UP AND DISSAPEARING ..PLEASE HELP .TRACEY

Colin

Colin Report 5 Jun 2003 13:10

Re: Parish Registers. It's clearly not all hunky dory ... but thanks for your assistance, Rosalind Young and Martin Briscoe. Colin Hugh Abbott. Western Australia. (born Watford Herts 1943)