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Burial register entries
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Julie | Report | 27 Dec 2015 16:35 |
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Yes, they are definately the PRs not the BTs, and there is no baptism of a child of that name at all in the period between possible baptism and burial. I have seen examples where a rough register was kept, with entries then written up in the register proper, where both have survived. I would guess that rough registers would be less likely to survive, so it won't always be obvious that this has happened. Your mention of BTs sent me looking to see if the BTs for this period had survived, they have, so I think a check when I next visit the records office concerned would at least indicate if both agree. |
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Inky1 | Report | 27 Dec 2015 15:58 |
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Are you sure that the images are from the original Church register, and not from a Bishop's Transcript? BT's were often written up later (so in one 'hand' and covering a period of time) and as copies, subject to possible error/omission. |
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Julie | Report | 27 Dec 2015 15:17 |
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I am well aware that ages shown on both death certs & in burial registers can be inaccurate. Has anyone else come across entries where the age might be missing a digit? I have a case where a burial record shows age as 4 years, but there is no baptism of a 4 year old that fits with this - of course the child might not have been born in the parish. However, I cannot locate a burial for an adult male of the same name who I know was already dead come the 1841 census, if the burial entry relates to him he would have been 40 years old. The year also fits with the baptisms of the last children for he & his wife. In addition all the burials for a period of several months seem have been entered, not only in the same hand, ( irrespective of the clergyman involved), but with the same writing equipment, suggesting the register entries might have been written up as a batch rather than at the time the events happened. As the entry is pre 1837 I can't compare with a death regn. There is also no gravestone to help. |
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