Most of the material is still waiting to be uploaded, and I think they are having problems with the software. I emailed them said I was having a problem, and asked for the village I was interested, and they sent it to me. Margaret > On 26 Mar 2017, at 21:21, carole williams via DERBYSGEN <[email protected]> wrote: > > I can get through to the Portcullis website ok, and find the highlighted line. However, I'm lost after that.... Please could someone advise what to do next? > > > Carole > > ________________________________ > From: DERBYSGEN <[email protected]> on behalf of taxwizzard via DERBYSGEN <[email protected]> > Sent: 26 March 2017 16:55 > To: [email protected]; [email protected]; Derbyshire genealogy; [email protected] > Cc: taxwizzard > Subject: [DBY] Protestation Returns - 17th Century Census? > > I thought I would bring this new online resource to the attention of anyone > who doesn't subscribe to the FFHS newsletter. > > By order of the House of Commons, all adult men were asked to swear an oath > of allegiance to the Protestant religion in 1642. Their names were duly > inscribed in a list in each parish, and the list sent back to Parliament. > In a few areas such as Cornwall, people wrote their own names, but usually > a local official wrote out all the names. The Protestation Returns survive > for about a third of English counties. > > These records are now being digitised and some parishes are even available > online. I haven't checked a lot of parishes but from the ones that I have > where the Returns exist some are available to view online already, > particularly Lancs, Cumberland and Bucks. > > Get your spectacles on to decipher the writing! The search is via a map and > then just click though and open the book if it is available online. All > free of charge. > > http://archivesmapsearch.labs.parliament.uk/ > Home - Map Search - Parliamentary Archives<http://archivesmapsearch.labs.parliament.uk/> > archivesmapsearch.labs.parliament.uk > This is a prototype service which allows you to search for records from the Parliament Archives online catalogue by place. There is currently one set of records ... > > > > > Have fun > > Linda > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message