Hi Bruce, I think you have to consider how the returns, required to be sent in by the parishes to the Diocesan Registry, were treated and filed. Before 1812, bishops’ transcripts were usually recorded on loose pieces of paper, following that year, the transcripts were recorded on the same pre-printed forms as parish registers. It appears that the returns from Wallsend were accidentally filed with the Sunderland returns, and this was not realised when they were being filmed. As far as I am aware there are no other sources for the transcripts, apart from going to see them at the record office. Stan On 15 June 2010 04:36, Bruce Dodd <bmdodd@rogers.com> wrote: > Hi, Listers All: > > Thanks to those who offered help re the Bishop's Transcripts. > > In addition, I have to apologize to Stan Mapstone.  I ought to have > known that the subject of Wallsend's transcripts' being included within > Sunderland's would already have been covered, and looked for it.  It > adds weight to my suspicion that I'm not always smart enough to use what > I already know. > > But the Bishop's Transcripts, especially for the Parish of Sunderland, > seem still a bit of a mystery.  Are those shown on that web site all > that exist, even in the Bishop's archives; or only those that have been > digitized;  or only a subset of  those digitized selected to be shown on > the site? > > Is there another site to be consulted?  Another source of Sunderland or > other transcripts? > > And, as a matter of pure curiosity, can anyone suggest a reason that the > error still persists ? > > Thanks, > > Bruce Dodd > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >