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Title: St. Peters Church, Liverpool
Post by: carmay on Tuesday 03 April 12 00:55 BST (UK)
I have traced my family back to this parish. Unfortunately, it was torn down and no longer exists. There is a St. Peter's in Liverpool now, and I contacted them, but they said they have nothing to do with the original one. I am trying to find out where the records from the original one would be. I am planning to come over to England next year (2013), and I'd like to get permission to look through them to see if I can go back further in my family tree. I am already back to the early 1800's, so parish records would be the only records available for me to get back into the late 1700's. If anyone is in Liverpool, could you find out if they have these records on microfilm at one of the libraries? Or if someone knows where the records were sent for archiving, please let me know so that perhaps I could write to get permission to view them next year.

Thanks,
Carole
Title: Re: St. Peters Church, Liverpool
Post by: cando on Tuesday 03 April 12 01:14 BST (UK)
Have you searched this site for records of your people of interest.

http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Liverpool/Liverpool-Central/stpeter/index.html

Cando
Title: Re: St. Peters Church, Liverpool
Post by: carmay on Tuesday 03 April 12 01:37 BST (UK)
Yes, unfortunately, the years I need are missing  :'(

Carole
Title: Re: St. Peters Church, Liverpool
Post by: andycand on Tuesday 03 April 12 01:38 BST (UK)
Hi Carole

The Liverpool Record Office would be the place to visit. Unfortunately it is closed for refurbishment at the moment but the Parish Registers are available (on film) at a temporary site. Just check closer to the date of your visit to see if it has reopened, also check regarding booking of film readers as it is a very busy place.

http://liverpool.gov.uk/libraries-and-archives/central.aspx

Andy

Title: Re: St. Peters Church, Liverpool
Post by: carmay on Tuesday 03 April 12 01:44 BST (UK)
Thanks, Andy! I will check and book a reader when I know the dates I'll be over there  :)

Carole
Title: Re: St. Peters Church, Liverpool
Post by: Blue70 on Tuesday 03 April 12 09:11 BST (UK)
Hi Carole

The St. Peter's church you refer to was in Church Street. It is Church of England. There was a St. Peter's RC church in Seel Street that still stands but is no longer a church. There are some earlier records on Ancestry for St. Peter's CE have you seen them? Here is the link:-

http://www.ancestry.co.uk/liverpool


Blue
Title: Re: St. Peters Church, Liverpool
Post by: carmay on Tuesday 03 April 12 17:11 BST (UK)
Thanks, Blue. I don't have a subscription to Ancestry, so I can't look things up there.

Carole
Title: Re: St. Peters Church, Liverpool
Post by: roy.w on Tuesday 03 April 12 17:35 BST (UK)
Hi,

As Blue has said St.Peters was on Church Street in Liverpool, if you get a chance when you come over wallk down Church Street and on the pavement where the opening is to Liverpool One you will see the Brass Plate with a cross in it which identifies the exact place of the church.

Roy
Title: Re: St. Peters Church, Liverpool
Post by: annron on Tuesday 03 April 12 17:56 BST (UK)
This is a great forum and they will most certainly be able to answer your questions.

http://www.forum.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk
Title: Re: St. Peters Church, Liverpool
Post by: Radcliff on Wednesday 04 April 12 07:11 BST (UK)
Why dont you post the name you are looking for ,you may get a reply
Title: Re: St. Peters Church, Liverpool
Post by: carmay on Wednesday 04 April 12 17:49 BST (UK)
Hi,

As Blue has said St.Peters was on Church Street in Liverpool, if you get a chance when you come over wallk down Church Street and on the pavement where the opening is to Liverpool One you will see the Brass Plate with a cross in it which identifies the exact place of the church.

Roy

Thanks, Roy. When I get back to Liverpool, I'd very much like to do that. If I can't photograph the church, I can photograph the plate. I'm wondering if there is a library in Liverpool that would possibly have a photograph of the old church before it was taken down?

Carole
Title: Re: St. Peters Church, Liverpool
Post by: ainslie on Wednesday 04 April 12 18:03 BST (UK)
There are photos of St Peter's in several books on old Liverpool, as well as some in the currently rather inaccessible Record Office. 
The location of the church can be seen on two of the Godfrey series of map reprints:
Liverpool (Hanover Street) 1848-64' a large scale plan, Liverpool sheet 29, and central Liverpool 1906 (Lancashire sheet 106.14).
A
Title: Re: St. Peters Church, Liverpool
Post by: carmay on Wednesday 04 April 12 18:11 BST (UK)
There are photos of St Peter's in several books on old Liverpool, as well as some in the currently rather inaccessible Record Office. 
The location of the church can be seen on two of the Godfrey series of map reprints:
Liverpool (Hanover Street) 1848-64' a large scale plan, Liverpool sheet 29, and central Liverpool 1906 (Lancashire sheet 106.14).
A

Thank you  :) I hope the Records Office is accessible when I come over. I was going to come this year, but between the Jubilee and the Olympics, the airfares are VERY high. So I'm planning on 2013 :-)))

Carole
Title: Re: St. Peters Church, Liverpool
Post by: Gibel on Thursday 05 April 12 09:33 BST (UK)
There is a picture of St Peter's church on the www.lan-opc.org.uk web site. They also have a very large amount of transcribed records of St Peter's church which you may well find helpful.

Also if you google St peter's Liverpool you will find some photos.
Title: Re: St. Peters Church, Liverpool
Post by: carmay on Thursday 05 April 12 17:39 BST (UK)
Thanks :) I loved the picture of St. Peter's. It looks like it was a lovely church. Unfortunately, for some reason, the marriage records I  need seem to be missing :(

Carole
Title: Re: St. Peters Church, Liverpool
Post by: Gibel on Thursday 05 April 12 21:38 BST (UK)
What dates are you looking for?

Lan-opc is continually updating so keep an eye on the site.
Title: Re: St. Peters Church, Liverpool
Post by: carmay on Thursday 05 April 12 21:57 BST (UK)
Jane is my GGGgrandmother and James was her brother. There was also another child that I am aware of, William, who was baptized in January of 1814. I want to find the marriage record of William and Ann. In some places there last name is spelled McKinsie as below, but on William's information, it is spelled Mc Kinzie.

I figure if William was their first child (not sure about that), then they were probably married in 1812 or 1813 since they tended to have children rather quickly back then. But those years are missing from the records that are online. I wonder what happened to the years from 1755-1822? That whole block is missing :(


Baptism: 6 Dec 1818 St Peter, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Jane McKinsie - Daughter of William McKinsie & Ann
    Abode: Hodson St
    Occupation: Auctioneer
    Baptised by: T. Kidd Curate
    Register: Baptisms 1818 - 1819, Page 200, Entry 1916
    Source: LDS Film 1656378
 
Baptism: 6 Dec 1818 St Peter, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
James McKinsie - Son of William McKinsie & Ann
    Abode: Hodson St
    Occupation: Auctioneer
    Baptised by: T. Kidd Curate
    Register: Baptisms 1818 - 1819, Page 200, Entry 1917
    Source: LDS Film 1656378
Title: Re: St. Peters Church, Liverpool
Post by: Radcliff on Thursday 05 April 12 22:01 BST (UK)
ST Peter Liverpool,

Mary McKinsey
daughterof Randolph
born 10 th of March
baptised 29th of March 1752
father a joiner
abode Mercey St
Title: Re: St. Peters Church, Liverpool
Post by: Radcliff on Thursday 05 April 12 22:03 BST (UK)
William Morris Mc Kinzie
son of William and Ann
father an aucioneer
abode Dale Street
9th of Jan 1814
Title: Re: St. Peters Church, Liverpool
Post by: carmay on Thursday 05 April 12 22:10 BST (UK)
William Morris Mc Kinzie
son of William and Ann
father an aucioneer
abode Dale Street
9th of Jan 1814

That is the William that I mentioned above :-)  Now I want to know when his parents were married...I doubt I'll ever really know if their name was Mc Kinzie, McKinsie, or something else. In later census records, the sister of Jane is listed as MacKenzie.

Carole
Title: Re: St. Peters Church, Liverpool
Post by: Radcliff on Thursday 05 April 12 22:16 BST (UK)
Also Kinsey
Title: Re: St. Peters Church, Liverpool
Post by: carmay on Thursday 05 April 12 22:23 BST (UK)
Also Kinsey

UGH!  :) And people wonder why doing the family tree is so challenging!  ;D

Carole
Title: Re: St. Peters Church, Liverpool
Post by: Gibel on Thursday 05 April 12 22:34 BST (UK)
It's not so muchthat they're missing rather that the kind people beavering away traanscribing the registers haven't done those years yet.

It's always possible they married in another church in Liverpool - I have people marrying in St Nicholas and then having all their chidlren christened in st peter. They could have married elsewhere.
Title: Re: St. Peters Church, Liverpool
Post by: carmay on Thursday 05 April 12 22:43 BST (UK)
True, I should check the other parishes when I get some extra energy :)

I just got out of the hospital after having my appendix burst, so I can only sit up for a while, then I have to lay down again :)

Carole