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Available Parish Records - SITE LINKS ADDED!
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Wendy | Report | 20 Jun 2010 12:18 |
Can someone please explain why some counties have all of their parish records online, free to view, and others demand you pay or have to go in person to look at them.? |
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Corinne | Report | 20 Jun 2010 12:31 |
I'm afraid that's just the way it is! |
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mgnv | Report | 20 Jun 2010 16:22 |
Wendy - which counties have all of their parish records online, free to view? |
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jerseylily | Report | 20 Jun 2010 17:55 |
Putting parish records on-line is a mammoth task, they have to be either transcribed or scanned. |
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Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) | Report | 20 Jun 2010 20:05 |
It is a job and a half to put them online. |
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Wendy | Report | 21 Jun 2010 00:45 |
Good morning all. The Essex Parishes at SEAX has every parish listed, with a good proportion of the records scanned and available to view. It is easier to just go to a transcription, but I like to look through the original entries, as I have found so many mistakes in the transcriptions when searching. |
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Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) | Report | 21 Jun 2010 00:49 |
The LMA records on Ancestry are a great help if you have London ancestors. I've saved such a lot on the marriages on there that it's been worth the extra sub. |
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Wendy | Report | 21 Jun 2010 00:55 |
Unfortunately I couldn't afford Genes and Ancestry membership at same time, and hopefully I can save up for it later. I have so many areas and names to search it is too much to ask of other members. |
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Cheshiremaid | Report | 21 Jun 2010 01:43 |
I was amazed when I googled Norbury Parish Church in Hazel Grove, Stockport, Cheshire hoping to find an ancestor who may have been buried there. |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 21 Jun 2010 02:06 |
Linda |
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Wendy | Report | 21 Jun 2010 03:45 |
I think the logic is...you would have to expect that in this age of information, all records in the civilised world would be preserved, recorded and copied. I do believe that there are counties that are proud of their history and want to share it with the world, where others merely see a money making opportunity and, riding on the popularity of genealogy by the amateur slueth, limit access to those with a credit card. |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 21 Jun 2010 04:10 |
But, Wendy |
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jax | Report | 21 Jun 2010 05:09 |
I would be happy to transcribe anything, would give me something to do. |
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Wendy | Report | 21 Jun 2010 06:40 |
What I meant Sylvia is that there are records on film in archives. They don't need to be transcribed...just copied onto the internet. If Essex and Norfolk, and I am guessing many others also, can put them on the internet for free to view, why can't the others? The records are already there, microfilmed and catalogued. |
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jansmith | Report | 21 Jun 2010 07:24 |
I only pay the standard membership (£9-£10) i think it was when i renewed that doesn't give any credits for search's but access to all other pages on this site. |
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Wendy | Report | 21 Jun 2010 07:57 |
Anyone searching in the Suffolk area here is a fantastic site with loads of records... |
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Wendy | Report | 21 Jun 2010 07:59 |
You know what, I think I might turn this into a site for posting parish records people find online!! |
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Wendy | Report | 21 Jun 2010 08:02 |
Norfolk records are available at LDS Familysearch. Go to advanced search/record pilot...Europe, then scroll down to Norfolk. |
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RutlandBelle | Report | 21 Jun 2010 10:15 |
If anyone got ancestors from villages around Heckington Lincolnshire then this is excellent |
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CherryBlossom | Report | 21 Jun 2010 10:23 |
For ancestors in Appledore/Northam area of North Devon this is a fantastic resource |