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/ Have fun Linda

I haven't looked for Derbyshire, but Nottinghamshire records exist, and no doubt will soon be added for free access online. They did send me the record for Stapleford, though sadly I didn't find the name I was looking for - at least I don't think so. It's really hard to read.... Margaret > On 26 Mar 2017, at 16:56, taxwizzard via DERBYSGEN <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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/ > > 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

Another good site is the Papist returns of 1767. This gave complete family, location and their occupation. Also how long they had lived in the area. Returns of Roman Catholics | | | | | | | | | | | Returns of Roman Catholics Between 1680 and 1781, Parliament requested information about known or reputed Roman Catholics on a number of oc... | | | | Cheers Mike Morris Toronto Canada From: Margaret Siudek via DERBYSGEN <[email protected]> To: Derbyshire genealogy <[email protected]> Cc: Margaret Siudek <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2017 12:39 PM Subject: Re: [DBY] Protestation Returns - 17th Century Census? I haven't looked for Derbyshire, but Nottinghamshire records exist, and no doubt will soon be added for free access online. They did send me the record for Stapleford, though sadly I didn't find the name I was looking for - at least I don't think so. It's really hard to read.... Margaret > On 26 Mar 2017, at 16:56, taxwizzard via DERBYSGEN <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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/ > > 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