You are incorrect when you state that FMP does not have registers 1727-1812. They are there, but FMPs search engine lists the parish as Plymouth. When you click on a name of interest, up pops the parish of Brixton under the dedication heading. Similarly for Plymstock. As to the DFHS website (which, might I add has won numerous Federation of Family History Society best website awards over the years), if you go to http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/shop/product_list.php?cat_id=5 and click on the link for the Deanery of Plympton, you will find that the following is shown: An index of baptisms, marriages and burials in the parishes of Brixton, Cornwood, Ermington, Harford, Holbeton, Ivybridge, Kingston, Modbury, Newton Ferrers, North Huish, Plympton St. Mary, Plympton St. Maurice, Plymstock, Revelstoke, Shaugh Prior, Ugborough, Wembury and Yealmpton. With photographs of the churches and extracts from White's Devonshire Directory 1850 and The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868). With two of your parishes of interest further described: Brixton Bapt: 1813-1839 Mar: 1754-1837 Bur: 1813-1837 Plymstock Bapt: 1813-1839 Mar: 1754-1837 Bur: 1813-1837 Regards,   Deborah O’Brien Devon OPC Co-ordinator DFHS Member 11261 http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/OPCproject.html Online Parish Clerk for Meavy, Newton Ferrers, Roborough by Torrington, Sheepstor, Walkhampton http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dob7/index.html Researching SQUANCE, LILLICRAP, SURTEES, DANKESTER & YATES -----Original Message----- From: devon-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:devon-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Blaine Sanders Sent: 24 December 2013 18:25 To: devon@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DEV] Finding Corroborating Evidence... Thank you to all who have given me excellent advice on this subject. Most of the suggestions I have already tried without success. I have searched A2A exhaustively, and only come up with 1 entry that may possibly be related. I am specifically looking for court documents to try and prove or disprove parentage of an illegitimate child, born either in Brixton or Plymstock in 1772 - 1774. This catalogue seems to be what I need for Brixton: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=028-723&cid =0#0 but it doesn't go back far enough. I can't seem to find a like collection for Plymstock. I have found nothing on GENUKI for the parishes I am interested in. None of them have an OPC that I am aware of, unless they fall under a larger parish. I have googled my heart out looking for a searchable index of the Brixton registry covering 1727 - 1812, to no avail. Neither FamilySearch nor FMP have this registry. All I have left to try, as near as I can tell, are the paid sources. I looked into the DFHS some time ago, I think they might have some information that would be useful to me... But their website is poorly done, and doesn't give enough information. I seem to recall sending an email asking for more information on what is contained on the CD's they offer, and never got a reply back. I have learned that I can access Ancestry.com for free through my local LDS FH library, but I haven't yet had the opportunity to get there. THanks for all the help. Any other suggestions would be appreciated. Sincerely, Blaine ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/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/DEVON/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dear Deborah, I sense I have ruffled your feathers a bit. I sincerely apologize for that. I did not mean to sound critical. I am overwhelmed with the vast amount of information available -- so much so that at times I feel like I don't know where to begin. I am sure that in time I will get the hang of it, but for now I am a frazzled mess just trying to keep all these sources straight in my head. I have a hard time remembering what information came from what site, and so on.  I do honestly find the DFHS site really difficult. I'm sorry if anyone is offended by that. It's great that it has won awards, that is something to be proud of. And compared to many other genealogy sites, it is better than a fair number of them. However, from the viewpoint of a professional website developer who is very keen on UI and UX (that's me), I think it could stand to be improved. But in all honesty, nearly every website on the planet falls under that category. Now, to back up my allegations RE: FMP not having the Brixton parish covering 1727 - 1812... I first presented this question to FMP directly, as I was unable to find records I knew were in that specific register. They themselves, along with the DRO, both assured me that FMP had this register indexed. However, after several rounds back and forth with FMP support, they finally admitted the following: Dear Blaine Thank you for your reply and this information. Although we do have parish records available for Brixton available on the site, the period in time that you require have not yet been added to our Plymouth and West Devon Collection. Kind Regards, Liam Kelly Findmypast Support Team ===============================  As you stated: > With two of your parishes of interest further described: > Brixton > Bapt: 1813-1839 Mar: 1754-1837 Bur: 1813-1837 So you see, not even the DFHS has indexed the 1727 - 1812 register. I don't understand why or how this register could have been neglected by seemingly everyone. But at least, I hope you can now see why I have had such a hard time with my research...  Please accept my apologies. I sincerely appreciate all the help and knowledge I have gained from this list and all the websites and data that so many people have given their lives over to.  I would also like you all to know that I'm not just a leech here suckering off all of you. I index regularly for FamilySearch, and am also currently volunteering on the FreeCEN project. I even offered to index the 1727 - 1812 Brixton register for FMP, and they are giving me the run-around... so whatever. In January, I am ordering the fiche from DRO, and maybe I'll just index it myself. Kind Regards, Blaine On Tuesday, December 24, 2013 11:46 AM, Deborah O'Brien <deborahobrien166@btinternet.com> wrote: You are incorrect when you state that FMP does not have registers 1727-1812. They are there, but FMPs search engine lists the parish as Plymouth. When you click on a name of interest, up pops the parish of Brixton under the dedication heading. Similarly for Plymstock. As to the DFHS website (which, might I add has won numerous Federation of Family History Society best website awards over the years), if you go to http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/shop/product_list.php?cat_id=5 and click on the link for the Deanery of Plympton, you will find that the following is shown: An index of baptisms, marriages and burials in the parishes of Brixton, Cornwood, Ermington, Harford, Holbeton, Ivybridge, Kingston, Modbury, Newton Ferrers, North Huish, Plympton St. Mary, Plympton St. Maurice, Plymstock, Revelstoke, Shaugh Prior, Ugborough, Wembury and Yealmpton. With photographs of the churches and extracts from White's Devonshire Directory 1850 and The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868). With two of your parishes of interest further described: Brixton Bapt: 1813-1839 Mar: 1754-1837 Bur: 1813-1837 Plymstock Bapt: 1813-1839 Mar: 1754-1837 Bur: 1813-1837 Regards,   Deborah O’Brien Devon OPC Co-ordinator DFHS Member 11261 http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/OPCproject.html Online Parish Clerk for Meavy, Newton Ferrers, Roborough by Torrington, Sheepstor, Walkhampton http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dob7/index.html Researching SQUANCE, LILLICRAP, SURTEES, DANKESTER & YATES