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Offline sueCsuds

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Re: lincs to the past
« Reply #18 on: Wednesday 22 August 12 20:05 BST (UK) »
Thank's Geoff, that worked, i'm most gratefull to you all for the help ive been given and think now i have the hang of how the site works  ;D
Thank's Sue.

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Re: lincs to the past
« Reply #19 on: Wednesday 22 August 12 21:23 BST (UK) »
If you download the "Help" PDF it shows you what to input for each parish.
Ayres Brignell Cornwell Harvey Shipp  Stimpson Stubbings (all Cambs) Baumber Baxter Burton Ethards Proctor Stanton (all Lincs) Luffman (all counties)

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Re: lincs to the past
« Reply #20 on: Wednesday 22 August 12 22:26 BST (UK) »
One more thing tho, when i put Louth in it doesn't come up as just Louth it says Raithby (Louth) can you tell me what i'm doing wrong there please.

Sue  :D
What you're doing wrong is entering the incorrect parish name.  :)
Yes, I know it sounds stupid, but not only are there quite a lot of towns/villages in Lincolnshire with the same name you also have places with more than one parish in them (e.g. Lincoln) so you have to be specific which church you mean.

Go to the help section, and click 'How to search parish registers'.
At the bottom of the download there's a list of the correct parish names to use when you search. Note that there are two Raithbys - one near Louth and one near Spilsby - and that Louth has three churches for you to choose from.

Lincs Archives have a list of the PRs and BTs they hold.
http://tinyurl.com/2u8fhqh

And I also find the list of Lincolnshire parishes on  Genuki very useful.
www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/parishes.html



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Re: lincs to the past
« Reply #21 on: Thursday 23 August 12 17:44 BST (UK) »
Ah, that's where i was going wrong, ive downloaded that and all is crystal clear now, so thanks Redroger,Pam and Geoff, you're all star's x