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Suffolk / Butley Parish Registers
« on: Yesterday at 23:18 »
Hi all,

I have been making some great progress with the new registers on Ancestry however I've hit a stumbling block with the Butley registers.

FindMyPast's index has Honour Cook and Hannah Cook baptised at Butley in 1765 and 1773 respectively, to William and Sarah Cook. However on reviewing the originals on Ancestry neither baptism is there.

Does this mean the Ancestry volume is incomplete, or have FindMyPast got the parish completely wrong? Both sisters later married in Butley so I do think they are from there.

I also noticed Ancestry doesn't have a volume for Butley for the period 1786-1812. I wonder why this is, can anyone shed any light on it?

Thanks!

Lewis

Edit: The marriage register book from 1754-1791 is also apparently absent unless I've somehow missed it.

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Suffolk / Re: Suffolk parish registers to go online?
« on: Thursday 07 August 25 23:50 BST (UK)  »
They appear to be online already!

Already found an ancestor in Iken, which previously seemed to be almost entirely unavailable online. Chuffed!

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Suffolk / Re: Suffolk parish registers to go online?
« on: Thursday 07 August 25 18:22 BST (UK)  »
This all reminds me of when I sat waiting for the 1921 census to become available at midnight on FindMyPast.

Fingers crossed Occold and Hoxne have beautifully clear and well structured registers... One can only hope!!

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Suffolk / Re: Suffolk parish registers to go online?
« on: Thursday 07 August 25 02:05 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: jonwicken on Thursday 07 August 25 00:55 BST (UK)
It seems strange this release is being called "Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich" and not Suffolk.

Apparently this diocese does not include an area of North East Suffolk around Lowestoft.

I wonder what happens to the records in this missing part of Suffolk then? Does anyone please know?


At least some of these are included with the Norfolk collection on Ancestry, e.g. Lowestoft, Kirkley. I assume they were part of that diocese rather than Ipswich or St Edmundsbury.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: 1750s Baptisms From Scotland
« on: Monday 04 August 25 17:02 BST (UK)  »
Hi 4b2,

I presume these baptisms are from Kirkmichael parish in Ayrshire.

The first looks to me like "Coalhouse of Kileekie", with the long 's'.

The second entry is a bit puzzling - the second word you mention looks to be "Clonclaugh", which by the NLS maps, was a farm in the parish. The buildings still exist but the name has presumably changed.

https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=14.9&lat=55.31548&lon=-4.62177&layers=257&b=ESRIWorld&o=100

The first part does read as "Cloynloch", which I cannot find any reference to. Seems more than likely it has something do with nearby Cloyntie, Cloyntie Bridge etc.

Lewis

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Northumberland / Re: Elizabeth Sharon b. 1670 Married George Blenkinsop
« on: Saturday 26 July 25 17:16 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: JackB015725 on Friday 25 July 25 17:38 BST (UK)
Thank you very much for your reply.

I had also figured that Sharon/Shasen was not a very popular name (especially in Northumberland) at the time, so I figured it must have been an error in transcription again. I thank you very much for offering to look up the original record for me at the Northumberland archives, and I think the original record may prove her last name to be "Shotton" or something very similar to it.

Thank you

Not a problem, I'll let you know what I find.

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Suffolk / Re: Suffolk parish registers to go online?
« on: Saturday 26 July 25 17:12 BST (UK)  »
I have a lot of lines in Suffolk but the lack of records online for the parishes concerned has meant I've never really pursued them properly for a number of years.

Travelling from the North East to Suffolk and back during the week to check the records in person has never been practical - so this will be a real game changer.

Really hoping they do in fact materialise on the 14th - the date is in my calendar!

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Northumberland / Re: Elizabeth Sharon b. 1670 Married George Blenkinsop
« on: Thursday 24 July 25 23:33 BST (UK)  »
Hi Jack,

In order to have a chance of taking this line further back with any certainty, I think you would need to consult the original record. I am not convinced her surname is Sharon or Shasen. That seems like a best guess by the transcriber as there isn't anyone else that I can see in the area with a name like that. Based on the available records online it could be something like Shotton. There are is an Elizabeth Shotton baptised at Newcastle on 24 Jan 1675 to John, that's certainly a possibility.

That being said there is a baptism for a Thomas Chason to Ben. Chason, abode "Sh." (presumably Shields) at Tynemouth on 8 Apr 1695, so this could be related. These names don't appear to crop again though.

As it happens I am due to go to Northumberland Archives in the next couple of weeks, I can try and see if I can review the original entry for you as I will be digging through some other Northumberland parishes. That might shed some light - with the right surname the chances of finding her baptism are much better.

Based on her being in her twenties when she married, most of the surrounding parishes and Tynemouth itself would cover that period so if she was local, the record should be there. Notwithstanding any badly damaged or lost parish registers of course.

Lewis

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Armed Forces / Re: North Lincoln Militia
« on: Monday 14 July 25 22:26 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: hanes teulu on Monday 14 July 25 22:09 BST (UK)
FindMyPast baptisms (transcript only)
Margery Stavert, bap 20 Aug 1775, Whittingham Northumberland, father Robert

I can't imagine there were too many Margery Staverts around - and Whittingham is not far from Alnwick so seems highly likely.

Thanks for this!

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