P.S If I had access to the St Neots registers, I would willingly transcribe them, but getting access is nigh on impossible! Lin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lin" <elmac@elmacdesign.co.uk> To: <ENG-HUNTINGDON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 6:57 PM Subject: Re: St. Neots Parish Records > Yes, thats right, the marriage registers are available on fiche, and > burials > The 1841 census for St. Neots is availale on fiche also. > > When I was desperate, I filled in an online request to Huntingdonshire > Records Office, which they did more or less the same day. > Its £12 per half hour, but the results I got were well worth it. > > Lin > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Cooper" <cooperda@hotmail.com> > To: <elmac@elmacdesign.co.uk>; <ENG-HUNTINGDON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 6:49 PM > Subject: Re: St. Neots Parish Records > > >> Hi Lin >> According to the HuntsFHS site the only fiche produced for St Neots (St >> Mary) - Church of England - is the burial register transcript 1604-1900. >> They also produce alphabetical marriage transcripts for Hunts, but these >> cover the whole of the county. >> >> If you've managed to find other than these I for one would be most >> interested! >> >> Regards >> >> David >> >>>From: "Lin" <elmac@elmacdesign.co.uk> >>>To: ENG-HUNTINGDON-L@rootsweb.com >>>Subject: Re: St. Neots Parish Records >>>Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 18:32:01 +0100 >>> >>>Jim, >>>do you mean that the parish registers I have for St. Neots and Eynesbury >>>are not complete? >>>Im not completely au fait with Huntingdonshire, I just purchased some >>>fiche from HFHS when I needed to find mine :) >>>Lin >>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Bundy" <jbundy48@comcast.net> >>>To: <ENG-HUNTINGDON-L@rootsweb.com> >>>Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 6:15 PM >>>Subject: Re: St. Neots Parish Records >>> >>> >>>>Hi Judy, David, and Kin, >>>>You've encountered one of the most frustrating things in my research, >>>>which covers several areas of the UK. I've been completely stymied by St >>>>Neots, and next door Eynesbury, prior to 1841, except for some >>>>transcribed burials and marriage index entries. Indexes and >>>>transcriptions are nice, where they exist, but in all my researches, >>>>I've felt its important to verify information in the original records. >>>>Across the river Great Ouse, in Eaton Socon, I have access to just about >>>>everything, but when mine moved across the little bridge to St Neots or >>>>Eynesbury, they just disappear. Beyond the frustration is a great fear I >>>>have that the original parish register books lie unfilmed, and handled >>>>far more than they should. I'm trying to work with the Freereg project >>>>to see who can be contacted locally, to get permission for someone to >>>>film these pages before they turn to dust. As a last resort, I'm >>>>thinking of hiring someone to copy the register page by page over a long >>>>time, and transcribing them myself. I just don't know what else to do. >>>>Any ideas on this subject are certainly welcome. I'm afraid just waiting >>>>for transcriptions from the local FHS will yield results only after my >>>>lifespan, and again, they're only transcriptions, not filmed copies of >>>>the original pages, which are far more useful. Thanks for putting up >>>>with my rant. :) >>>> Jim >>>> Bundy >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Mann" <familytree91@yahoo.ca> >>>>To: <ENG-HUNTINGDON-L@rootsweb.com> >>>>Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 11:42 PM >>>>Subject: St. Neots Parish Records >>>> >>>> >>>>>Hello everyone, >>>>> >>>>>I'm wondering if anyone can tell me where to access the Church of >>>>>England parish records for St. Neots? >>>>> >>>>>I only see Independant and Wesleyan records listed in the LDS >>>>>catalogue. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Thank you >>>>>Judy >>>>>Canada >>>>> >>>>>Researching: WILES from St. Neots >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>--------------------------------- >>>>>Post your free ad now! Yahoo! Canada Personals >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >