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Northumberland Lookup Requests / Re: St Michael's Church, Elswick
« on: Wednesday 14 January 15 22:00 GMT (UK) »
Hi Sabaru
St Michael's R.C. Parish Church Elswick, their Parish Records are in Tyne and Wear Archives as St Michael's was my mothers families parish. I went to St Michael's about eight years ago now to view the parish registers. Fr. Bellamy is an old man who has been a priest here since about 1965. I too phoned several times & eventually I made arrangements with him to visit. When I got there he had brought all the registers into the dinning room & had placed them on the table for me. If I remember rightly there was only two marriage registers, one full and the other still in use. The Bishop very much wanted them to go into T&W Archives & eventually the full registers were handed in. I have viewed the registers in T & W Archives on microfilm. I didn't realise that Fr. Bellamy was still at St Michael's. If I can be of any help as I'm due another visit to T & W Archives please let me know.
St Michael's R.C. Parish Church Elswick, their Parish Records are in Tyne and Wear Archives as St Michael's was my mothers families parish. I went to St Michael's about eight years ago now to view the parish registers. Fr. Bellamy is an old man who has been a priest here since about 1965. I too phoned several times & eventually I made arrangements with him to visit. When I got there he had brought all the registers into the dinning room & had placed them on the table for me. If I remember rightly there was only two marriage registers, one full and the other still in use. The Bishop very much wanted them to go into T&W Archives & eventually the full registers were handed in. I have viewed the registers in T & W Archives on microfilm. I didn't realise that Fr. Bellamy was still at St Michael's. If I can be of any help as I'm due another visit to T & W Archives please let me know.