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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: Jan B on Sunday 05 October 25 16:34 BST (UK)
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Please could someone see if they can read what place Thomas Fenwick was born at.
I found his baptism entry on Findmypast and the transcript says he was born at
Burneston, Yorkshire (North Riding), England in 1781. The image doesn't look anything like Burneston.
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Could be something like Crowthorp but please post a larger snip so we can see how the writer forms his letters.
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Looking on Google maps, just south of Burneston is Carthorpe, which is what I think it says.
Drosybont
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Thank you teragram31510 and Drosybont. Looking at it again, I can see that Drosybont is right and that it says Carthorpe. Thanks for both of your replies and help.
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Just for further confirmation I read it as Carthorpe before looking at other replies
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Thanks for confirming it janan.
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The transcript is misleading. It gives Burneston as the residence, but that was the name of the parish where the baptism took place.mTheir actual place of residence hasn’t been transcribed.
I’ve checked some of the other names on the same page. They are all listed with Burneston as their residence.
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Hi JenB,
Yes, I have been getting confused about that too. I've been wondering what to put on my family tree about where Thomas was born. As you mentioned, he was baptised at Burneston, and I guess that Carthorpe is where he was born, so I'll enter those details onto my tree.
Thanks for clarifying that for me.
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I have family from Carthorpe and baptisms were at Burneston as no Anglican church there, only a Methodist Church.
https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Burneston#Churches
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Thanks for the link Osprey. Thats very handy as I've just recently started researching the Fenwick line from that area, so I'm still learning about the area.
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FindMyPast has two transcripts - one stand alone and one associated with an image.
The stand alone transcript reads - "Residence - Burneston, York; Place - Burneston"
The transcript against the image reads "Baptism Place - Burneston; Denomination - Anglican" - no mention of Abode/Residence. The image reads " ... of Calthorp"
The first page of the register reads "Register of baptisms and Burials in the Parish of Burneston from the year 1764"
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Thanks for the added information hanes teulu .
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I have family from Carthorpe and baptisms were at Burneston as no Anglican church there, only a Methodist Church.
https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Burneston#Churches
I saw your reply and thought I would post this. You are probably aware of it but just in case.
For some time, I don't know how long, Methodists baptized their children in the Established church. I have ancestors who helped found the Methodists in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, US, but many of their children were baptized in the local Lutheran church. It took me a while and some research on the early history of Methodism to figure it all out. This was in the early 1800's.
So your family might not necessarily be Anglican, just because of those baptisms.