I am posting this on both Middlesex and Surrey lists, as there is overlap. I have started analysing the Ancestry digital coverage of registers. At the moment I am working on the baptisms and burials to 1812 and marriages to 1754 section, i.e. the one they have not indexed. I will be asking West Surrey FHS to put my findings in some form on our website, so they may be of maximum utility. Frankly, it is incredible that Ancestry have not themselves done this analysis. There are, in what I have done so far, some serious errors of allocation, and I want to draw the attention of searchers to them. The material is organised by borough and then parish and I have followed this. I have used C = baptisms, M -= marriages and B = burials London Borough of Barnet: St Giles, South Mimms. Ancestry list says 1754-1812, it is actually CB 1558-1703 London Borough of Barnet: St Mary,Hendon Ancestry list says 1703-67, yes CB 1703-67, M 1703-30 but St Mary, Heston in London Borough of Hounslow London Borough of Bexley: St Michael, Welling Ancestry list says 1558-1653, yes CMB 1558-1653 but of St Michael Paternoster Royal in the City London Borough of Brent: St Mary, Willesden Ancestry list says 1569-74, actually C 1569-1741, M 1574-1738, B 1572-1741 London Borough of Camden: Ancestry list says Emmanuel, Hampstead actually St John at Hampstead London Borough of Camden: Ancestry list says Percy Chapel 1747-1808, actually Percy Chapel C 1776-1808, Middlesex Hospital C 1747-53 and Fitzroy Chapel C 1779-1805 London Borough of Camden: Ancestry list says St Pancras Parish Church 1793-96 actually B 1793-1812 London Borough of Ealing: The 'St Mary' tabs give a mixture of St Mary, Acton and St Mary, Ealing records London Borough of Ealing: St Mary Hanwell Ancestry list says 1570-1784 actually CB 1570-1719, M 1571-1722 London Borough of Ealing: St Mary Hanwell Ancestry list tabs 1717-24, 1724-60 and 1733-64 are actually St Mary Ealing London Borough of Greenwich: St Alfege tab '1893-1903' is actually C 1722-83, while '1903-13' is actually C 1784-1812 London Borough of Hackney has no obvious errors but Ancestry's failure to give C or M or B make the list of Shoreditch almost impossible to use London Borough of Haringey: St James, Muswell Hill; these are all of Northolt (in London Borough of Ealing), the 1560-1701 is roughly right, but 1700-01 also has B 1678-1724 and 1801-01 is just Banns London Borough of Haringey: St Mary, Hornsey the tab 1810-32 is actually Banns 1767-68 London Borough of Harrow; all the St Mary tabs are St Mary, Harrow London Borough of Hillingdon; all the St John the Baptist tabs refer to St John the Baptist, Hillingdon London Borough of Hillingdon Ancestry list says St Mary, Hayes 1792-1803, actually CB 1792-1812 London Borough of Hounslow: St Paul, Hounslow Heath is actually Holy Trinity, Hounslow London Borough of Islington: Christ Church, Islington is actually Christ Church Newgate Street in the City London Borough of Islington: St John the Baptist, Clerkenwell the 1742-84 tab is actually St James, Clerkenwell and digitised there as well London Borough of Islington: St Luke, Milwall is actually St Luke Old Street London Borough of Islington: St Mary is St Mary, Islington I have done the boroughs alphabetically to the end of Islington, except the City which I dread as there are so many parishes. However, I trust this will be useful to researchers. Regards Cliff Webb Cliff Webb Director Rattner Mackenzie Limited A subsidiary of HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. Mailto:cwebb@rmluk.com Tel: +44 20 7480 5511 This e-mail contains confidential information, and may contain privileged information, which is the property of the sender, and is intended solely for the attention and use of the addressee. If you are not the named addressee, you must not disclose, copy or retransmit this transmission or take any other action in reliance upon this transmission, and you should notify us as soon as possible. Rattner Mackenzie Limited is authorized and regulated by the Financial Services Authority / registered in England & Wales No.: 02303498, with registered office: Walsingham House, 35 Seething Lane, London EC3N 4AH. ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________

Brilliant, Cliff. particularly for those of us who are far from familiar with the areas and the subtle differences in parish church names. :-) le durachd Fionnghal > I am posting this on both Middlesex and Surrey lists, as there is > overlap. I have started analysing the Ancestry digital > coverage of > registers. At the moment I am working on the baptisms and > burials to > 1812 and marriages to 1754 section, i.e. the one they have > not indexed. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

A useful list Cliff Please note that St Mary's Staines records (in the unindexed section) are in two places There is a St Mary's Staines in the main Menu, and if one then clicks on Surrey, there are some more. I hope to report here on the Laleham records too. I am not on the Middlesex list but anything I post may be forwarded to that list if anyone wishes

I'm working on Laleham too, Bob.  perhaps we could save each other some work by exchanging notes before posting them interested? Fionnghal I hope to report here on the Laleham records too.