Hi Dave thanks for that. I thought it might be the case, since, although St Peter's is located within the former Holy Trinity parish, the donor of the church was a member of the Cathedral chapter attached to St Mary's parish rather than to Holy Trinity parish. I suspect that the idea was to stop the riff-raff from the Waterside baptising their babies in the Cathedral! My father was baptised at St Peter's in May 1935. It would be interesting to know what happened to the pre-1936 register. Perhaps it is still in the coal hole! Simon Dave Edwards wrote: > Simon, > > The new CFHS CD/PR/96 for Ely St Mary also includes the Ely St Peter baps > 1936-1950. > > The only register known to exist for St Peters is the Baps 1936-1985, which > is now at the Cambridge Records Office. > > Regards > > Dave > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Burns" <pandb@personainternet.com> > To: <eng-cambridgeshire@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 12:23 AM > Subject: Re: [ENG-CAMS] Ely Holy Trinity and St Peter's church > > > >> Simon >> >> The introduction to the CFHS CD/PR/009 for Holy Trinity Ely makes no >> reference to St. Peters, so it's not possible to say from this source. >> Hopefully an official of the CFHS will have more background to help you >> >> Bob Burns >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: eng-cambridgeshire-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:eng-cambridgeshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Simon >> Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 11:43 AM >> To: eng-cambridgeshire@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [ENG-CAMS] Ely Holy Trinity and St Peter's church >> >> Can someone tell me if the CD-rom of Ely Holy Trinity 1559-1938 includes >> the records of St Peter's church? >> >> St Peter's is in Broad Street, within Holy Trinity parish. It was opened >> in 1889, but I believe that it had the status of a donative church >> rather than a chapel of ease. Being a donative means that it might have >> been attached to St Mary's parish rather than Holy Trinity. When I was >> talking to the churchwarden a few months back, he was not really sure >> where the parish records were - we looked through all the drawers in the >> vestry, but we couldn't find them. Then he though they were probably in >> the 'crypt' - a coal hole under the floor of the church currently used >> for storing junk. St Peter's was,and is, licenced for baptisms, but not >> for marriages. Up until 1938, when Holy Trinity and St Mary's parishes >> were merged, several generations of my family were baptised in St >> Peter's but married in the Lady Chapel of the cathedral. I'd be keen to >> see chapter and verse on both events. >> >> Simon >> norfolkchurches.co.uk >> suffolkchurches.co.uk >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com 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 >> ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com 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 ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2716 - Release Date: 03/01/10 07:34:00 > >