One of the problems with dealing with British parish records is that there is no single collection on line, other than those being loaded by FamilySearch, who copied the original paper records.
In addition, the paper records for the church were, and may still be, stored within the church, and a summary copy was created each year, from the 1700s?, for the appropriate bishop. Looking at the online sources : 1. Ancestry has a copy of the London parishes, which would probably cover Staines/Shepperton/Lambeth (my family came from Hayes which is about 5 miles North of Shepperton), and is gradually including other parish records, including Surrey and Kent. These generally are indexed and may link to copies of the original paper. I think that, if you access the database the correct way you can get to images of the older records. 2. FindMyPast has a collection of parish records. These are extracted from the originals (I looked for great-great-grandfather) but it does have images for some of them. 3. TheGenealogist again has a collection of parish records, which seem to be extracted from the original paper at some point in the past. I think that they also sell the data on CD. Otherwise, you are generally looking at either websites being created personally, like the Norfolk parishes, or through family history or county record sites, or the parish clerks site. That covers England and Wales in general. Scotland has its own website and a lot of Ireland is now appearing in Ancestry. I tend to have access to all of them, and more, since my family spread across Canada, USA and Australia, and my wife’s family originated in Holland and passed through Germany and France. Regards Chris From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of Linda Greethurst Sent: 14 April 2016 00:54 To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] English locations Eliz Thank you so much for the links - already having fun exploring the parish clerks website. I do have (just got it) the book "The Parish Clerk" - very interesting seeing it all fitting together. I didn't say exactly anyone or place. But they were in Middlesex (Staines and Shepperton), northern Surry (Lambeth and that whole area just south of the Thames) and Debtford/Lewisham. At least that I have identified so far. On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 5:02 PM, Eliz Hanebury <elizhg...@gmail.com> wrote: Linda where were they from? If you said I didn't remember <blush> Do check out http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/online_parish_clerk They aren't all "manned" but most have some good transcriptions and there is the Forest of Dean site which is mostly Glos but gets some Wilts included you have to register but it is free and has so many transcriptions! http://www.forest-of-dean.net/ Eliz Not Today and Not without a Fight (Anon) For all that has been, thanks. For all that will be, yes. (Dag Hammarskjold) On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 10:23 AM, Linda Greethurst <llg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry, typo. The father was born in 1770. > > On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 9:25 PM, Anne Lo Forte Willson > <limitless.etern...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Was your immigrant's father really only 14 when the immigrant was born? >> >> Anne >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On Apr 12, 2016, at 6:23 PM, Linda Greethurst <llg...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Phil and Eliz, >> thank you for the links. I'm just getting started with the English >> research and really feel overwhelmed - even when it is in English!!!. My >> immigrant was born in 1804, his father in 1790 and the grandfather I think >> mid 1700. And that's when I realized I dont' know what I'm doing. These >> websies will be studied closely. >> Linda >> >> On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 2:37 PM, Eliz Hanebury <elizhg...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Speaking of which GENUKI is a font of information for the County you >>> are working in and can be very helpful in sorting out Parishes. >>> www.genuki.org.uk/ >>> Eliz >>> Not Today and Not without a Fight >>> (Anon) >>> >>> For all that has been, thanks. >>> For all that will be, yes. >>> (Dag Hammarskjold) >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 2:38 PM, Phil Lamb <pjl...@btinternet.com> wrote: >>> > An excellent resource to help in locating/explaining English parishes, >>> > villages, Reg Districts etc. albeit only for 1851. >>> > >>> > http://londonfamilyhistory.org/jurisdiction-maps/ >>> > >>> > Phil >>> > >>> > ps - nice to see some comments appearing from the UK, I thought there >>> > were >>> > only 4 Legacy users here. >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > >>> > LegacyUserGroup mailing list >>> > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com >>> > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe >>> > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com >>> > Archives at: >>> > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >>> >>> -- >>> >>> LegacyUserGroup mailing list >>> LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com >>> To manage your subscription and unsubscribe >>> http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com >>> Archives at: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >> >> >> -- >> >> LegacyUserGroup mailing list >> LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com >> To manage your subscription and unsubscribe >> http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com >> Archives at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >> >> >> -- >> >> LegacyUserGroup mailing list >> LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com >> To manage your subscription and unsubscribe >> http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com >> Archives at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >> > > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
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