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Linda

Linda Report 13 Sep 2007 21:51

If a baptism isn't listed on LDS is it a good chance the person hadn't been christened or is there another good website for them.
Thanks everyone in advance.

SydneyDi

SydneyDi Report 13 Sep 2007 22:02

Hi Linda

If its not on the LDS site, and the rest of the parish is, then maybe they were not baptised at all. If the whole parish is not on the LDS site, they may not have indexed the microfilm, or they may not have been allowed to microfilm the parish registers.

Depends on the area but, some counties have lots of good websites where lovely people have transcribed the parish records, others have nothing.

Somerset has lots of sites, Cambridgeshire has the CFHS site for 1801-37.

Di

Chris in Sussex

Chris in Sussex Report 13 Sep 2007 22:05

Linda

The LDS site does not cover every Baptism that ever took place since records began.

The coverage for actual transcriptions from Parish Registers varies from Parish to Parish and County to County.

A useful site to check for coverage is....

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/

Chris

Researching:
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ErikaH

ErikaH Report 13 Sep 2007 22:31

It is also important to remember that the LDS site rotates the records it has online.............

Reg

Madmeg

Madmeg Report 15 Sep 2007 01:06

How would you know if an entire parish was on the LDS site?

Margaret

Madmeg

Madmeg Report 15 Sep 2007 01:07

What does "rotating the records it has online" mean?

Margaret

Madmeg

Madmeg Report 15 Sep 2007 01:08

What does "rotating the records it has online" mean?

Margaret

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 15 Sep 2007 04:15

Margaret,


they remove some records from online viewing and put up other records.



apparently they don't have enough space to have all the records available for viewing at all times .......... so some go into "storage" (if you want to put it that way!) and others come out.



this explains why you may have found a record last year, but then can't find it this year.



Sylvia

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My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.