Hello Listers, Here are the latest databases that have been uploaded onto the Lancashire Online Parish Clerk website: http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/indexw.html 21 October 2009 Marriages 1837 to 1896 from the Parish of Birch in Rusholme Marriages 1871 to 1891 from the church of St Peter in the Parish of Blackburn Baptisms 1877 to 1895 from the church of St Thomas, Copy Nook, Blackburn Baptisms 1932 to 1955 from the Church of St Matthew, Bolton Marriages 1849 to 1852 from the church of St Mary the Virgin, Deane in Bolton Marriages 1681 to 1727 from the Parish of Clitheroe Baptisms 1813 to 1832 from the Parish of Dalton in Furness Updated to correct a format error which resulted in many surnames being omitted from the index Happy Hunting!! Regards, Sally

Hi Sally, I look forward to your frequent updates and really appreciate the work that is going on. It has been VERY helpful! Please express my thinks to the volunteers who are undertaking this taxing work! I have noticed that there are fewer records from the 1700's - Is this a random selection process or have earlier records been completed? I am particularly interested in records from Liverpool parish registers. Thank you again, Carolyn Parker At 04:31 AM 10/22/2009, you wrote: >Hello Listers, > >Here are the latest databases that have been uploaded onto the >Lancashire Online Parish Clerk website: http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/indexw.html > > >21 October 2009 > >Marriages 1837 to 1896 from the Parish of Birch in Rusholme > >Marriages 1871 to 1891 from the church of St Peter in the Parish of Blackburn > >Baptisms 1877 to 1895 from the church of St Thomas, Copy Nook, Blackburn > >Baptisms 1932 to 1955 from the Church of St Matthew, Bolton > >Marriages 1849 to 1852 from the church of St Mary the Virgin, Deane in Bolton > >Marriages 1681 to 1727 from the Parish of Clitheroe > >Baptisms 1813 to 1832 from the Parish of Dalton in Furness >Updated to correct a format error which resulted in many surnames >being omitted from the index > > >Happy Hunting!! > >Regards, >Sally >~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > >Admin Message - List guidelines: >http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm > >The list admin can be contacted at >Eng-Liverpool-admin@rootsweb.com >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >ENG-LIVERPOOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Carolyn, Thanks for the good wishes, which I will pass on to the OPC site. I know that they appreciate the thanks for their hard work in supplying us with one of the best (if not, THE, best) OPC site there is out there. To answer your question, basically if the registers have been transcribed then they are on the site. What year range is available in total for every church, I have no idea. If the church you're looking for isn't there, you could try asking the OPC themselves as to how the transcriptions are organised, and when or if they are likely to become available. It might be worth checking the list of churches in Liverpool on Genuki (http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Liverpool/), as that should tell you when each church was opened for use and whether it is still there, or closed, which should then let you know what to expect for the existence of parish registers. Also, if I remember rightly, some Catholic records have not been made available for transcription - I don't know anything else on this subject, just a vague recollection of having been told it - and so they are unlikely to ever appear in a transcribed form anywhere away from the Catholic Records. I am more than happy to be corrected on this point by anyone out there more knowledgable than me :o) Sorry I can't be of any more help. Regards, Sally Hi Sally, > > I look forward to your frequent updates and really appreciate the > work that is going on. It has been VERY helpful! Please express my > thinks to the volunteers who are undertaking this taxing work! > > I have noticed that there are fewer records from the 1700's - Is > this a random selection process or have earlier records been > completed? I am particularly interested in records from Liverpool > parish registers. > > Thank you again, Carolyn Parker