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I am trying to understand a Death Certificate from 1857, the part I am wondering about is the 'signature of registrar' this column looks like it says 'Saint Andrew's Registrar'. The Registration District is Louth and the sub-district is Withern, there is a St Andrew in this area.
Is it common that Registrars were available in Churches or am I way off the mark here. What is weirder is his brother is called "Saint Andrew" because he was born on 30 November - St. Andrew's Day. Okay bad coincidence?
Any assistance would be welcomed.
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Not only were are.
Parish registers record the baptisms, marriages and burials in a particular parish. They are kept in the church until full.
When the register is full the vicar (incumbent) has the option of sending the full register to the Diocesan Archive, often a county archive but not necessarily for the county the parish is in.
The vicar (incumbent) also has the option of keeping the register at the church if he/she so wishes.
In addition the second, or duplicate, marriage register is sent to the Superintendent Registrar in the same way as full civil registers.
There are good and bad points about both sides of this argument.
Having a central location allows easier searching of records and should provide better storage and security.
On the other hand if a disaster happens (fire flood etc.) there is more chance of loosing more records than if they were stored remotely.
Cheers
Guy
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The question seems to appertain to the Registrar, not the Registers .....
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He is probably the Registrar of the Registration Sub-District of St. Andrews. I see that the sub-district Withern.
Stan
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Yes I mean the registrar column on the death certificate - on other certs it is normally a signature of the registrar by the looks of things but this one looks like Saint Andrew's registrar, that is why the confusion, as this is a church not a person? Still confused really but thank you for your contributions everyone.
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In 1856 Mr. Samuel Andrew was the Registrar of Births and Deaths in the Withern District.
looks like it says 'Saint Andrew's Registrar'
will be his signature :)
Stan
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The question seems to appertain to the Registrar, not the Registers .....
Yes, I should have read that properly, teach me to answer when getting ready for work.
Cheers
Guy
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Ok yip, I can see that too, I do believe it is Samuel Andrew (I'm starting to see things) the L was very faded and I thought it to be a T.
How do you know Samuel Andrew was the registrar for that year in that district? Do you have a link where registrar names are available?
Everyone has been very helpful - Mystery solved!
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How do you know Samuel Andrew was the registrar for that year in that district? Do you have a link where registrar names are available?
By using http://www.historicaldirectories.org/ :)
Stan
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Sorry to annoy you, I had a look at this site, it looks like something I could use alot in the future... how did you search it to get the result you found? I see there is search by location, decade or keywords. I haven't ventured into the directories as yet, mostly just onine IGI, FreeReg, and Census'... I am probably missing out on a huge resource not using directories?
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I searched for the keyword 'Louth' in Lincolnshire in the 1850s.
The Directories are a valuable resource.
Stan
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Ok, I'll give that a shot, Cheers Stan.