Parish records for St Sepulchre in Holborn,London.

[usernick]

The same would probably apply with an 18th-century record too. 

Indeed! Sometimes, you can be lucky, however

[dawnsh]

Hi Nick

If you have a spare 5 minutes, could you please email Ancestry and complain the pages are missing from London England Baptisms Marriages & Burials 1538-1812 collection even though the LMA catalogue states there is a microfilm

http://ancestryuk.custhelp.com/app/ask/session/L3RpbWUvMTQ0MjU5MzU2MC9zaWQvX2QxN1lOd20%3D

and quote the LMA catalogue reference number P69/SEP/A/001/MS07219/004

Thanks

Dawn

[usernick]

Hi Dawn,

Done - sent the appropriate e-mail to Ancestry. They might take a while to respond... 

Cheers,


Nick

[dawnsh]

Thank you.

I've been reporting these issues whenever they arise but the standard answer I get back is that these missing parts are such a very small amount of entries in the great scheme of things that Ancestry doesn't believe there is a 'problem' with them not being there.

I would hope that if more people reported the missing items from the London collection that Ancestry might wake up and do something constructive to rectify the missing or mis-labelled entries of which there are many in addition to the ones listed here

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=430983.0

[usernick]

Hi Dawn,

Alas, they responded with a stock response:

"Thank you for contacting Ancestry in regards to the missing baptism registers.
 
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Thank you for contacting Ancestry. At Ancestry, we are constantly searching for new records that will help our subscribers find their ancestors. There are many factors that go into selecting records to be added to the site. We prioritize our search based on what subscribers tell us they need the most. Of course, once found, not all records are available to us from the archive or repository that holds them. At this time we do not have any specific information to share on the records you’ve asked about. Please check the “What’s New” section of our website often at http://www.ancestry.com/cs/reccol/default. If you have any questions regarding any other matters pertaining to Ancestry, please do not hesitate to contact us by responding to this email."

(which, of course, misses the point entirely - i.e. they missed those years in their scanning regime)...

Oh well, I've tried replying, but probably to no avail...

Cheers,


Nick

[dawnsh]

Thanks for trying.

I reported missing pages last week and they asked me to send the URL of those missing pages so they could investigate!

[usernick]

It sounds as though whoever was responding to my e-mail hadn't read it properly, and thought I was asking for new parish records, as opposed to identifying missing years...

Maybe I should have emphasised the missing years/gap in the records?

Oh well... 

Cheers,


Nick

[usernick]

Ah-ha, a further response

"Thank you for contacting Ancestry in regards to the London Metropolitan Archive Registers.
 
I have forward your request to add the missing records in the London Metropolitan Archive Registers so that the relevant department can consider adding these collections to the website, I cannot promise that the collections will be added neither can I give a Timeframe on when.
 
We’re always sorry to learn that our members had a frustrating experience. We’ve forwarded your feedback on to the proper department for consideration. "

 

[dawnsh]

I won't hold my breath