Genealogy Chat

I still dont really understand Ancestry have lots of problems searching ,and have noticed they have a pallots section I believe for years up to 1837 what exactly does that mean thanks

There is one for Pallot's marriages and one for Pallot's baptisms and basically a Mr. Pallot put together an index of marriages and an index of baptisms of various parishes in the days before Civil Registration. I think you can click on something on Ancestry which will tell you all about each database if you want to know more.

thanks for your replies I had not heard of a Mr Pallot I will investigate further wish I understood ancestry better though

Well - you did ask! A collection of marriage entries from England, between 1780 and 1837 Pallot's Index to Marriages is essential for researchers with London ancestry, as it covers all but two of the 103 parishes in the old City of London. The dates span the time from 1780 to the onset of General Registration in 1837. The more than 1.7 million marriage entries come mainly from London and Middlesex, but also include entries from 2500 parishes in 38 counties outside of London--many not available in other sources. Also included are several records from counties in Wales. With indexing beginning in 1813, several of the registers transcribed in Pallot's index no longer exist, having been destroyed or lost. The index slips were handwritten on paper slips, and indexing continued regularly over a period of more than 150 years. Each slip identifies the church or chapel in which the marriage was celebrated, the names of bride and of groom, whether spinster, bachelor, widow or widower and sometimes other details along with the date of the event. The entries in this database are linked to the images from which the data was extracted. The original paper slips of the Pallot Index are owned and held at The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies, Canterbury, Kent, England. The Institute may have access to fuller details which may have survived among the original parish records. (www.ihgs.ac.uk) The Institute is a not-for-profit educational organization and researches in the records themselves can be arranged. Please visit their website for additional information about the services they provide. Ancestry.com. Pallot's Marriage Index: 1780-1837. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Original data: The original paper slip index, from which this database was created, is owned by The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies, Canterbury, Kent, England.

Ive found several marriages on Pallots on ancestry. Its great when you can also view the image.

thanks for that long but interesting read I have since been on there and got a marriage but there is only the couples names no other info or did I do it wrong

Nope, you dont get a lot on the entries. I have had a witness once but only by mistake I think as he had got his name down aswell as the groom! Did it have an image to look at and to copy and keep?