At 03:48 PM 19/09/2006, ANDREA COX wrote: >If you try this site you should find quite a lot if you go to Shropshire >then Bridgenorth, This is good advice from Andrea. I was tempted and had a quick look, but couldn't find any Benjamin, so am wondering, Kathleen, if it is worth your while to continue with the St. Mary Magdalene registers? Not sure about this. I know from previous experience that some folks of mine have not been on the IGI (or the batch numbers) and then when I got hold of the original registers on microfilm, there they were as bold as brass! Don't want to give any false hopes to you, but sometimes it is worth persevering with. Once again I quote an example from the Ellesmere, Shropshire registers. On the IGI there were only two of my forebears, John & James Price shown to be christened at St. Mary's. When I eventually obtained the microfilm of original parish registers through the LDS folk, there were three more children christened to the same family, and no, it was NOT two families with same names of parents. One set of parents, one occupation, one individual address. So, why were these missing from the IGI? The answer may be that in older times transcriptions were done manually, now they are digitized. In older times folk doing the transcriptions were elderly because usually only the elderly had the time to give freely, much like most of ourselves, and possibly prone to missing things, as I can vouch for myself before my recent cataract operations. Before I was almost blind, now I can see! And brilliantly, at that. Again, transcribing depends upon the atmosphere you are in. If you are by yourself, you can concentrate. If you are in a group, ahah! That's a danger, because people can't help but talk even while they are transcribing, can they, especially if they are in a warm and friendly group? And you guessed it, concentration is distracted and errors creep in. Jump a line, jump a record, jump a year! Happens. Anyway, could be he and his siblings were baptised elsewhere! One needs to keep a lateral open mind as always. Maybe search further out from the parish? Any further suggestions, anyone? Over to you Good luck Graham

Had a quick look at the IGI and there is a marriage for John Gittos & Elizabeth Malpas, Bridgnorth 1795. M037341. Benjamin Gittos born 1801, christened 1802, parents John Gittos & Elizabeth. Theres a William Gittus christened 1801 in Worcester, parents John Gittus & Elizabeth. Worcester borders on parts of Shropshire. Just makes one wonder. Jo.

Dear All According to Shropshire Archives only 1/3rd of the IGI is online at any one time, due to licence conditions, and is rotated over 2-6 weeks. However the whole IGI is viewable on the CD's. So I'm thinking I should develop a strategy of re-checking the same query every fortnight for at least 3 fortnights to see whether this produces fuller results by covering the entire IGI on a staged basis. Has anyone else had experience on this? Martin -----Original Message----- From: Graham Price [mailto:genetree@pacific.net.au] Sent: 19 September 2006 10:15 To: eng-shropshire-plus@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ENG-SHROP] (ENG-SHROP) Gittos family name At 03:48 PM 19/09/2006, ANDREA COX wrote: >If you try this site you should find quite a lot if you go to Shropshire >then Bridgenorth, This is good advice from Andrea. I was tempted and had a quick look, but couldn't find any Benjamin, so am wondering, Kathleen, if it is worth your while to continue with the St. Mary Magdalene registers? Not sure about this. I know from previous experience that some folks of mine have not been on the IGI (or the batch numbers) and then when I got hold of the original registers on microfilm, there they were as bold as brass! Don't want to give any false hopes to you, but sometimes it is worth persevering with. Once again I quote an example from the Ellesmere, Shropshire registers. On the IGI there were only two of my forebears, John & James Price shown to be christened at St. Mary's. When I eventually obtained the microfilm of original parish registers through the LDS folk, there were three more children christened to the same family, and no, it was NOT two families with same names of parents. One set of parents, one occupation, one individual address. So, why were these missing from the IGI? The answer may be that in older times transcriptions were done manually, now they are digitized. In older times folk doing the transcriptions were elderly because usually only the elderly had the time to give freely, much like most of ourselves, and possibly prone to missing things, as I can vouch for myself before my recent cataract operations. Before I was almost blind, now I can see! And brilliantly, at that. Again, transcribing depends upon the atmosphere you are in. If you are by yourself, you can concentrate. If you are in a group, ahah! That's a danger, because people can't help but talk even while they are transcribing, can they, especially if they are in a warm and friendly group? And you guessed it, concentration is distracted and errors creep in. Jump a line, jump a record, jump a year! Happens. Anyway, could be he and his siblings were baptised elsewhere! One needs to keep a lateral open mind as always. Maybe search further out from the parish? Any further suggestions, anyone? Over to you Good luck Graham -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.4/448 - Release Date: 14/09/2006