<<snipped>> 'Auxiliary Register of Baptisms'. I've never heard of this type of document, I wonder if Adrian might explain what is contained within. <<snipped>> They are the name given to the format of baptism and burial registers used by St. Helen at Witton (near Northwich) from 1813 to about 1862, in addition to the "legal" formats. In January 1779 (dates are taken from my scribbled notes) Witton went to using an extended format register for baptisms and burials - the format of marriage register was laid down by Hardwicke's Marriage Act. This was roughly the time when various attempts were being made to keep more data in registers, e.g. Dade, etc. In Witton's case the newly extended baptismal register included not just mother's name (not always seen everywhere yet!), with father's occupation and abode, but also the names of the grandparents (and their abodes) and the birth date. The burials included the trade and abode of the deceased, plus the names and abode of their parents, date and cause of death and even roughly where in the churchyard they were buried. You can imagine this sort of stuff is gold dust. When Rose's Act of 1813 came in and imposed specific legal requirements on the format of (Anglican?) baptismal and burial, parishes had to convert to using the new format and so any still keeping extra data were now keeping less. St. Helen, Witton, was an exception. They wrote up the new legal format registers, but carried on maintaining the extended format ones *as* *well*. Thus from 1813 on, there were two sets of registers there - the ordinary ones and the extended format Auxiliary ones. I don't know if Auxiliary is actually written down anywhere as the name or it just got used by archivists. Unfortunately, in 1862, someone clearly asked - why are we duplicating our work? And stopped keeping the Auxiliaries. Adrian

Hello All, Now I am wondering if this will help me in my search for my KAY ancestors. I have found my ancestor Mary KAY's baptism in 1832 at Great Budworth although the name has been transcribed incorrectly as RAY. I have also found a possible baptism for her sister Ann which I have copied below from the family search site which gives the event place as Witton-cum-Twambrooks. Does this mean that there is additional information for the following record that may help me. I have not been able to find a marriage for John KAY and there are two possible baptisms for a John KAY at Knutsford. Would the baptism record for Ann KAY provide clues in the form of the names of the Grandparent's. Name: Ann Kaye Event Type: Christening Event Date: 10 Jan 1830 Event Place: , Witton-cum-Twambrooks, Cheshire, England Gender: Female Age (Formatted): Birth Date: 13 Dec 1829 Marital Status: Father's Name: John Kaye Mother's Name: Ann Spouse's Name: Spouse's Marital Status: Spouse's Father's Name: Spouse's Mother's Name: GS Film number: 2094417 Digital Folder Number: 004018913 Image Number: 00274 Regards, Christine -----Original Message----- From: cheshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cheshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Adrian Bruce Sent: Saturday, 18 January 2014 4:25 a.m. To: 'Tony Spendel' Cc: cheshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CHS] Auxiliary Register of Baptisms They are the name given to the format of baptism and burial registers used by St. Helen at Witton (near Northwich) from 1813 to about 1862, in addition to the "legal" formats. In January 1779 (dates are taken from my scribbled notes) Witton went to using an extended format register for baptisms and burials - the format of marriage register was laid down by Hardwicke's Marriage Act. This was roughly the time when various attempts were being made to keep more data in registers, e.g. Dade, etc. In Witton's case the newly extended baptismal register included not just mother's name (not always seen everywhere yet!), with father's occupation and abode, but also the names of the grandparents (and their abodes) and the birth date. The burials included the trade and abode of the deceased, plus the names and abode of their parents, date and cause of death and even roughly where in the churchyard they were buried. You can imagine this sort of stuff is gold dust. When Rose's Act of 1813 came in and imposed specific legal requirements on the format of (Anglican?) baptismal and burial, parishes had to convert to using the new format and so any still keeping extra data were now keeping less. St. Helen, Witton, was an exception. They wrote up the new legal format registers, but carried on maintaining the extended format ones *as* *well*. Thus from 1813 on, there were two sets of registers there - the ordinary ones and the extended format Auxiliary ones. I don't know if Auxiliary is actually written down anywhere as the name or it just got used by archivists. Unfortunately, in 1862, someone clearly asked - why are we duplicating our work? And stopped keeping the Auxiliaries. Adrian ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message