Genealogy Chat

Along the same lines: Parish registers of St Peter, Saffron Hill.... Name of person baptized ******** parents unknown.... of African descent... servant to ******* believed aged 14 years. Same Vicar later in the registers baptizes two children of John Driscoll and makes the following notes:- Father bought up in the Roman Catholic faith. Entered into the Church of England this evening in front of a large congregation by me. What a gem to find if John Driscoll belonged to you. Jean x.

Ah, but was he so diligent on his second day???

Wouldn't it be nice if he sat there and thought to himself that in 100 years or so time, someone will be looking at this certificate and be wanting all the details.

Well done Mr Curtis - wish they'd all been trained to his exacting standards, or perhaps he was just nosy! (Suspect it was a bit like the Dade registers and he soon got fed up of the extra writng and didn't carry it on!) Jay

What a wonderful Registrar. Sue

Well done Mr Joseph Curtis - bet he never imagined that 155 years later we would remember him. wouldnt it be fab if his living rels were GRU members ? Jenx

Wow, I wish other Registrars were as efficient.

To Mr Joseph Curtis, registrar for Camden Town on November 17th 1841 Not sure if it was your first day or not - or you were incredibly over-efficient, but I'd just like to thank you for the following on my 4- great grandmothers death certificate..... 12th November 1841 at NOON Maria Silvia Raimonda Gida Anna NOEL ****aged 53 years, 2 months and 11 days**** and spookily, if my calculations are correct this makes her my 2nd direct line ancestor to share exactly the same birthday as me (1st September)

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