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After seeing that I would not be surprised to see the world & his wife making tracks to all the churches , knocking on the door & expecting to find missing bapts.
As a member of 'the world and his wife' I have been to inspect 'live' parish registers at a rectory. Space was kindly provided by the vicar who moved the cereal packets to one side on the dining room table. In small rural parishes they are still using post-Victorian registers as there are so few events to record. The vicar prompted me for a donation which I gladly gave him.
Our parish burial register dating from about 1850 was not quite complete when it was called in by the diocesan/county archivist in 2000. We were disappointed that had to start a new one before the old one was full.
Ellen
Court, Stratford on Avon, Dorsington, Welford<br />Faulkner,Glos/Warwicks<br />Higgins, Quinton<br />Bennett, Stoke on Trent<br />Stride, Hampshire<br />Wright, Stoke on Trent<br />McConnell, Co Donegal<br />Brooks, Co Donegal, Antrim<br />Jackson, Warwickshire/Isle of Wight/India/army<br />Keefe, Essex, Hampshire/Isle of Wight/army/india<br, Queensland aus. />Chatfield, Sussex
