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IGI - Do you think this is odd?

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mgnv

mgnv Report 24 Oct 2008 06:19

Some batch #s are one sex (J/K) - it's very unusual for this to happen in C's (but as you've seen, it does happen).

Richard

Richard Report 23 Oct 2008 21:01

Some times they are arranged this way. I was recently going through the baptisms at East Tisted, Hampshire to pick my rellies out and the batches are arranged like that too, one holds the females other the males. I doubt the original registers were arranged such, for some reason whoever at IGI transcribed the film has done this I think.

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 23 Oct 2008 18:12

I have come across that before where the batch only has male or female christenings. I don't know why and I can't remember where it was but am fairly sure it was not Wisbeach.

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

Potty

Potty Report 23 Oct 2008 17:50

Thanks Hilary, but no - I was doing a search for somebody on a thread on here. Very frustrating not being able to find the men!

Hilary

Hilary Report 23 Oct 2008 17:46

Hi Potty, does seem strange, not sure why that has happened. Do you want to find someone in Wisbech.
Hilary.

Potty

Potty Report 23 Oct 2008 17:31

Whilst doing a search on the IGI I have come across this batch C021889 for Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire which only seems to have female baptisms. Pages and pages and not one male name! I have tried using the batch numbers either side and nothing at all comes up.

Surely if the baptisms register is being transcribed, the transcriber wouldn't just transcribe the females? Or, is it possible that the church had two registers, one for girls and one for boys?