Thank you to all who have provided information about Methodist records in Lincs. Jan Marchant > To: alan.moorhouse@btinternet.com; eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com > Date: Thu, 5 May 2016 17:11:37 +0100 > Subject: Re: [LIN] Admin note: May theme > From: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com > > Yes, Alan, I was trying to remember the RG number but couldn't! I believe > Lincolnshire Archives has a copy of the Lincolnshire RG4 fiche. I don't know > if they go past 1837. I know that there was some kind of ruling that all pre > 1837 non conformist registers had to be submitted to the Public Record > Office, whether that was just for filming and then they went back to where > they came from or whether they are still all at Kew I don't know. > > Anne > > Anne Cole, President, Lincolnshire Family History Society > > Duncalf(e)/Duncuff/Duncuft One-name Study GOONS member 513 > > http://www.one-name.org/profiles/duncalf.html > http://duncalfonenamestudy.tribalpages.com/ > > Lincolnshire Post 1837 Marriage Index > > http://mi.lincolnshiremarriages.org.uk/ > > Lincolnshire Family History Society > > http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk > > > -----Original Message----- > From: eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Alan R Moorhouse via > Sent: Thursday, May 5, 2016 4:41 PM > To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [LIN] Admin note: May theme > > > These should appear in the RG4 series at TNA Kew; if I recall correctly some > go later than 1837? > > Alan Moorhouse > Stroud, Gloucestershire > farmery@one-name.org > > > ----Original message---- > >From : eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com > Date : 05/05/2016 - 16:29 (GMTDT) > To : oziepoms@live.com.au, eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com Subject : Re: [LIN] > Admin note: May theme > > All the non conformist, including Methodist, records for before 1837 in > England and Wales that had survived were filmed and can be seen on many pay > per view sites - maybe there is a free site as well? They were also included > on the IGI (now Family Search). Post 1837 records are usually to be found in > County Record Offices, or libraries, provided that they have survived and > been deposited. Lincolnshire has some Methodist Records and you should be > able to find out what they have via the Lincs to the Past Website. Most have > not been filmed and therefore can only be viewed at Lincoln. We have > included the post 1837 marriages that are available in the free on-line Post > 1837 Marriage Index. > > There are some Methodist records, mostly not registers, on the LFHS CD > "Nonconformist Records Part 1". The CD includes Dissenters Certificates > issued to non-conformists as places of worship had to be licensed by the > Quarter Sessions. These certificates are often signed by the congregations > wishing to use the place of worship. They cover Baptists, Anabaptists, > Independents as well as Methodists. Many of these certificates are not > indexed and I have photographed all the ones that I have found whilst going > through the Kesteven Quarter Sessions, one of the earliest dated 1761 > requesting permission for Independent Protestants to meet in a purpose built > meeting house in Billinghay. The certificate even gives the name of the > person who purchased the land on which the meeting house was built! > > Anne > > Anne Cole, President, Lincolnshire Family History Society > > Duncalf(e)/Duncuff/Duncuft One-name Study GOONS member 513 > > http://www.one-name.org/profiles/duncalf.html > http://duncalfonenamestudy.tribalpages.com/ > > Lincolnshire Post 1837 Marriage Index > > http://mi.lincolnshiremarriages.org.uk/ > > Lincolnshire Family History Society > > http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk > > > -----Original Message----- > From: eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jan Marchant via > Sent: Thursday, May 5, 2016 5:25 AM > To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [LIN] Admin note: May theme > > I haven't been able to find any Methodist records for my ancestors. > Fortunately many of them entered their BMDs on Parish Records but I'd like > to find Methodist Church records. How do I go about that? > > Jan Marchant, Australia > > > > Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 10:49:51 -0700 > > To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [LIN] Admin note: May theme > > From: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com > > > > Hi, Missing Lincs. > > > > Susan Reynolds suggested our theme for this month: Faith of Our > Fathers > > > > Susan has found that knowing more about the religion of her > > ancestors > has made it easier for her to navigate the records that were kept. It's > likely that our ancestor were more religious than we might be. Once a week > they marched off to church to hear a sermon on Christian history and values. > Or they attended synagogue or a pagan rite, but there was almost all some > "belief system" that was a part of their lives. In most of Britain, the > Church (the Christian one) assumed a civil role for over a 1,000 years. The > Royals took advantage of that structure the church had in place. When Civil > Registration was introduced, the local christian parishes became the Civil > Parishes (with some minor exceptions). There were some holdovers from the > Viking Era: Wapentakes and Hundreds. > > > > Even the courts recognized the legitimacy of birthright using the > parish baptism registers. > > > > So there are valuable records that the churches kept. Not only > > the > registers of baptism and marriage and burial, but the churchwarden accounts, > church census records (these are rare), confirmation lists and others. Many > of the churches were our first schools. > > > > If you haven't dug through some of those records, you might find > > some > interesting information. I found one of my relatives down in Kent was an > adult in a confirmation class. Must have stood out like a sore thumb! I > imagine him sitting there with all those 12 to 14 year-olds, trying to focus > on what he had to learn. The local Bishop attended their first communion. > > > > So, tell us what you've found about a Lincolnshire relative in > > some > unexpected church record. And if you need help, this is the place to ask. > > > > Lou (list admin.) > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-LINCSGEN-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-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2016.0.7596 / Virus Database: 4565/12167 - Release Date: 05/05/16 > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2016.0.7596 / Virus Database: 4565/12167 - Release Date: 05/05/16 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-LINCSGEN-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-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2016.0.7596 / Virus Database: 4565/12167 - Release Date: 05/05/16 > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2016.0.7596 / Virus Database: 4565/12167 - Release Date: 05/05/16 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message