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brummiejan

brummiejan Report 24 Oct 2009 16:51

Thought so! Could have put it much more clearly on my original thread I think, sorry everyone.
Jan

Researching:
Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham

Julie

Julie Report 24 Oct 2009 16:46

No you can only do it after

But if im not sure i go for County then click on all of them till i find the one im after, can take a while though

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 24 Oct 2009 16:40

Thanks folks. I'm assuming though that this info can only be found after a record is located? I wanted to know if it possible on freebmd to get this info before the search.
Jan

Researching:
Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham

Potty

Potty Report 24 Oct 2009 13:24

Clicking on "here" in the box that comes up after clicking the District brings up a list of subdistricts (parishes) covered.

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 24 Oct 2009 08:45

Many thanks Richard. This advice from yourself and Glitterbaby should save me a lot of time! Very useful.
Regards
Jan

Researching:
Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham

Richard in Perth

Richard in Perth Report 24 Oct 2009 03:41

What you need is the "Index of Places in England and Wales", which is available on the Genuki site:

http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/places/regindex1-3.pdf

This is a PDF (Adobe Acrobat) file, so it's worthwhile downloading it and saving it to your hard drive for future reference. It contains a full alphabetic listing of townships and civil parishes in England/Wales, along with the county and registration district that each fell under, with date ranges. I find it invaluable.

In your example above, this is the entry for Hull:

Township or Civil Parish, County, From, To, Registration District, Notes
Kingston upon Hull, ERY, 1837, 1853, Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull, ERY, 1854, 1974, Hull, transferred to HUM in 1974


Richard

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 23 Oct 2009 22:37

Lynn, thank you but Hull was just an example - I was asking for how to look for reg districts on freebmd.
Sorry to have caused any confusion.
Jan

Researching:
Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 23 Oct 2009 21:26

Steven, it doesn't do this unless you are searching does it? Or is it me missing something as usual! This would be easier obviously.
Thanks for the message - any advice gratefully received!
Jan

Researching:
Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 23 Oct 2009 17:50

Thanks Glitterbaby! Duly noted.
Jan

Researching:
Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 23 Oct 2009 17:39

http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 23 Oct 2009 17:36

Does anyone know please if there is a way of deciding what reg. district a place is under in certain years?
For example, Hull was not a registration district before 1868, and I can't see a way to decide what district covered it before then - or county either! - without doing a random search with a common name, clicking on district info and reading it!

This doesn't read very well, apologies if confusing! Can't think how to put it more clearly.

Many thanks

Jan

Researching:
Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham