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Parish registers or Transcripts?
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Jay | Report | 7 Mar 2005 21:06 |
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Hi, When using church records is it better to use the Parish Registers or Bishops Transcripts ? Jay. |
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Unknown | Report | 7 Mar 2005 21:08 |
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Lucky to have a choice, say I. Transcripts are copies of the originals, so there's always a chance of an error being made in transcribing. The original of anything is always the best place to start, but in some cases the parish registers haven't survived, in which case transcripts are better than nothing. nell |
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BrianW | Report | 7 Mar 2005 21:27 |
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Bishops Transcripts have the advantage that christenings, marriages and deaths for a year will usually be together, which makes it easier to track a family: marriage, birth of first child, birth of second child, death of first child, birth of third child, and so on. |
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Researching: |
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Eagles 4 | Report | 7 Mar 2005 21:28 |
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Being a bit thick here - where do you find Bishops Transcripts? |
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Benjamin | Report | 7 Mar 2005 21:32 |
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Bishops Transcripts will be held in your local County Records Office, on microfilm or fiche alongside the parish records. |
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Geoff | Report | 7 Mar 2005 21:42 |
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Bishops Transcripts tend to be incomplete eg probably no witnesses' names at marriages. Often just the bare minimum to say that a deed has been done. |
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An Olde Crone | Report | 7 Mar 2005 23:01 |
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And Bishops Transcripts rarely contain the juicy bits like 'a child of their adultery' or 'her nineteenth child' or even, as I saw in one 'died aged 144 years, a greate aydge'. Yep, I'd agree with that. Marjorie |
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Geoff | Report | 7 Mar 2005 23:02 |
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That's gross! |
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Jay | Report | 10 Mar 2005 21:57 |
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Hi and thanks to all who replied . Certainly some useful info there. Jay. |
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