Just a couple of points. Bishops Transcripts should be regarded as secondary sources and the Registers should be used where they still exist. BTs do not always contain a full transcript and are prone to transcription errors and missing entries. With regard to microfilm, most RO use LDS copies. The online images have been cleaned up and are far more legible than any I have seen via film. The only exception I have seen so far is Birmingham who offer reader/scanners with inbuilt image enhancement software. Cheers Paul -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Adrian Bruce via Sent: 24 April 2016 17:06 To: Teresa Goatham Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [DEV] BTs on FamilySearch - a question and a correction There's a mention of "British Digital" or some such similar phrase to indicate which group something is in. However, one parish that I checked (or its film) was in that lot but its images weren't online yet, so it looks like cataloguing is ahead of loading. Actually I do have to thank you for highlighting this facility. I have to show that my Marley ancestor went from Bishops Nympton to Barnstaple mid 1700s and didn't get there from some other parish. I suspect it would be faster to go through a microfilm than the BT images online - but since I've never been past Bristol RO physically, the BT images may be the only option for a while. Though even then, there's a lot of parishes to look at. (Why does Devon have so many parishes? :-) We make do with a lot less in Cheshire!) ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/ and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=devon ------------------------------- 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