Look-up: Samuel Mcfarlane/Macfarlane

[deb usa]

Hi Chris

I found them on familysearch, Non conformist records.

I wonder if this is the first child with 2nd wife Ann :

Frances Macfarlane d/o Samuel and Ann
chr 16 Feb 1834
Chesterfield, Derbyshire

Mary Macfarlane
burial 08 Jul 1832, Chesterfield,​ Derbyshire

Now I'm having a problem finding Francis 1826

will be back

[deb usa]

Where did Francis go? I can't find the record either ..I must be going mad!!!!!!!!!!

[jensquest]

I can't see the first one either 

[toni*]

OK its quite long and boring:~

BMD in the Channel Islands

Statutory registrations of births, Anglican marriages and deaths in Guernsey, Jehou and Hern date from 1840 and dissenters marriages in Guernsey have been registered voluntarily since 1919. The indexed records are held in the Royal Court House in St Peter Port and you can search these yourself for a fee, but phone first for opening hours and charges.
Copies of the indexes and records of Births and Deaths up to 1981 indexes to marriages from 1841 - 1966 and marriage records 1841-1966 are available on microfilm in the Priaulx Library in St Peter Port. You can inspect microfilm copies of the birth indexes and registers 1840-1966 death indexes and registers 1840-1963, marriage indexes 1841-1966 and registers 1841-1901 in family history centres where you may have to pay a small charge to hire them in. the civil registration indexes from 1842-1969 are also available on microfilm in the Society of Genealogists. the weddings before 1919 and deaths earlier that 1963 are indexed under each ten parishes, married women dying before 1949 are listed under their maiden names.

registers of Births and deaths in Alderney from 1850 and of marriages since 1886 are preserved in the registry of Births, Deaths, Companies, Land and Marriages in St Anne whilst the registration on Alderney since 1925 are housed in the Royal Court House, St peter Port Guernsey. There is a gap in registrations between 1940 and 1945 during the period of German occupation ,a and someother records no longer survive before 1945 because they were left behind at the time of the evacuation and were probably burnt. Mrs E Mignot of St Martins has transcribed all the islands entries and you are advised to write directly to her for any searches. The Priaulx Library holds microfilm copies of birth registrations up to August 1885 and of Death registrations 1850-1855 & 1907-1925

If you have ancestors who came from Sark the civil registration of births and deaths only started there in 1915 and of marriages in 1925 you can search for entries in eh duplicate registers in the Royal Court House in St peter Port. the original records are kept in Greffe in Sark.

Civil registrations of BMD began in Jersey in August 1842 the records are in the custody of the Superintendent Registrar in St Helier there are limited public search facilities so phone first if you plan to visit. a five year pre paid search can be undertaken by staff if you an provide the date of the relevant event and the name of the person you are after. Copies of indexes to 1900 are available in the Lord Coutanche Library in St Helier (www.societe-jersiaise.org) you can search the catalouge online all the indexes compiled by meners of the Channel Islands Family Histroy Society are kept on the open shelves in Jersey Archive,also in St Helier (www.jerseyheritagetrust.org) you will need a readers ticket to gain admission research assistance is available in both venues.

the certificates are similar in content to those of England and Wales though marriage certs contain the person birthplace.

some indexed BMD between 1831-1958 in the Channel Islands are included in the indexed Registrar Generals Miscellaneous Non-statutory Foreign Returns which are available in the Family Records Centre, The National Archives and for a small hire fee in family history centres. The IGI is also worth consulting

[deb usa]

I promise I didn't make him up! 

[toni*]

Nominally the Channel Islands belong to the diocese of Winchester, but local Church courts have jurisdiction over peoples personal estates and the civil court over their landed property. The original and registered copies of witnessed wills and of administration grants in the commisionary court of the Bishop of Winchester in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, concerning personalty in Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Hern and Jethou from 1660 to the present day are in the custody of the Bureau des Connetables, in St Peter Port, Separate wills, in which realty could be devised before two jurats of the Royal Court after 1841, are taken to the Royal Court of Guernsey in St Peter Port for approval and registration. all of the above registered and original wills are indexed. similar wills and administrations grants regarding land on Aderney after 1949 are preserved in the island Court house together with a few probates after 1946 this is because all previous records were destroyed during WW2

Land on Sark is not disposable by will, it descends instead to the next heir as far as the fifth degree of kinship (the common ancestor being the GGGGrandparent) and failing this it reverts to the Seigneur. A widow has a right of dower to a third of her late husbands land no land can be disposed of by will on either Hern or Jethou.

Jersey wills were proved in the Ecclesiastical Court of he Dean of Jersey until 25 May 1949. Original wills from about 1660 onwards enrolled copies between 1714 & 1734 and after 1775 and grants of letters of administrations from 1848 are int eh custody of eh jersey archive up to 1948 and later records are in the Judicial Greffe in the Royal Court of jersey. Before 1851 real estate could not be willed in Jersey so separate wills disposing of personalty and of realty are common. The wills relating to land are filed and recorded in the Public registry Office in the Royal Court of Jersey whilst both Personalty and realty are located in the Judicial Greffe. The Registry is not open to the public but searches can be undertaken for a fee.

the indexes from 160-1847 and calendars from 1848 until 1960 in the Jersey Archive relate to both the original and registered copies of wills and include references to the latter wills bequeathing both personalty and realty separate calendars record the administration grants after 1848. you can trawl the index to jersey wills athttp://jerseyheritagetrust.org microfilmed copies of both the indexes and will f personalty and realty up to 1964 can be hires for a small fee to inspect in family history centres.

[toni*]

the IGI is worth trawling through first for register extracts of baptisims and marriages of Channel Islanders. This will tell you in which parishes you should be looking for full information. Don't forget to find out from the accompanying list which parishes, events and periods are covered by the index.

the first surviving parochial registration in Jersey dates from 1542, in Guernsey in 1563, Sark 1570 and Alderney 1657 although there are a few earlier entries after 1628

in Jersey the rector if each of the 12 Anglican parishes has custody of its registers of baptisms, marriage and burial up to 1842 after which copies have been lodged with the Superintendent Registrar Indexed manuscript copies of the registers are kept by Societe jersiaise in the Lord Coutanche Library, together with copies of the Channel Islands Family History Society Indexes to entries in these and in he registers if the Methodist, independent and Roman Catholic congregations up to the same date.

In Gurnsey you can examine microfilmed copies of the registers of each of its ten parishes of Alderney and of Sark in the Priaulx Library. Copies are preserved by the Island Archives Service in St Peter Port. Details about Roman Catholic residents are preserved among the records of the Bishop of Portsmouth, on the mainland, and a transcript of the baptisim, marriages and burials of native Channel Islanders at the 'French Church' in Southampton is in the library of the Society of Genealogists this runs from 1567 until the 18th century

it is worth looking for BMD of Channel Islanders between 1831 and 1958 in the indexed microfilmed copies of the Registrar Generals Miscellaneous Non-statutory Foreign Returns which you can inspect in the National Archives in the Family Records Centre and pay to hire in to search in a family history centre near you.

[deb usa]

this is the full record for Francis from Familysearch:


Francis Macfarland,    Male
baptism/christening date:   12 Nov 1826
baptism/christening place: BENNS GARDEN OR RENSHAW STREET PRESBYTERIAN OR UNILIVERP,LIVERPOOL,LANCASHIRE,ENGLAND
DOB 04 Oct 1826
father's name: Samuel Macfarland
mother's name: Mary Holmes
indexing project (batch) number: C08645-1
system origin: England-ODM
source film number:   0560885 (RG4 1481), 0560885 (RG4 2170

[jensquest]

I was looking in Chesterfield!