Geoff Nicholson wrote: <snip> > There is always the possibility that the > local registrar hereabouts was an over-enthusiastic Scot, in the same > Presbyterian tradition of recording as much data as possible as gave us the "Dade" > parish registers of the midlands and south, the "Barrington" ones locally and, in > 1855, the early Scottish birth certificates! Hmm - unless I'm much mistaken, the county with by far the most Dade registers - and where they originated - is Yorkshire. I suppose from the near-Arctic perspective of Co. Durham <vbg> you might just about call that "midlands and south", but it's not really accurate. Seriously, though, I've seen mention of Barrington registers a few times here - please could someone tell us when were these used, and is there a list anywhere of the parishes where they are found? If anyone is interested in the Yorkshire Dade registers, a list of parishes can be found in Rootsweb's YORKSGEN archives - message subject "Parishes with Dade Registers", posted by Roy Stockdill on 18 Dec 2002. Arthur Kennedy