Marlene Yours is a case where if both the original registers and the BTs survive, you may get the data that is missing from the version you have gone through by consulting the other. Keith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marlene Shipman" <marlene.s@xtra.co.nz> To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 9:29 PM Subject: Re: [B'ham] Birmingham St. Philip and St. Martin > Hi > I have one example where just two pages of baptisms are missing - > LDS > has a note on the film indicating this but that doesn't show on the > online site! Of course it just had to be the 1789/90 baptisms for a > small village which I needed to prove the existence of the eldest > son! > I have been forced to "adopt" Thomas as the eldest son because he > says > consistently he was born in that village on 1841-61 censii, was a > witness at his sister's marriage, took his own first born back to > the > home village for baptism and they were the only family of that > surname > in the village for about 60 years. > One of those examples of having to tie every clue together and try > to > make sense of it all. > Cheers > Marlene in New Zealand - getting warmer! > > > RaKay Dance wrote: >> Could someone enlighten me on how this happens?? Did the LDS skip >> pages when they were filming or were there actual books of records >> that were missed?? RaKay >> >> >>> From: "Keith NZ" <genmail@ihug.co.nz> >>> Reply-To: eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com >>> To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> >>> Subject: Re: [B'ham] Birmingham St. Philip and St. Martin >>> Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 09:04:30 +1300 >>> >>> Hi Pauline, >>> >>> A trip to Birmingham would be nice, although not at present being >>> your >>> winter. However a rather expensive way of finding details for a >>> few >>> burials and perhaps the odd marriage that the IGI does not have. >>> >>> The degree of missing data on the IGI became apparent to me in >>> 1993 >>> when a cousin in Nottingham went through the registers there and >>> came >>> back with 40% more entries for Flinders from St. Marys, >>> Nottingham. >>> Alas I don't have any cousins near Birmingham who are able >>> nowadays to >>> go and do research. Age and infirmity has caught up with them. >>> >>> I spent 5 weeks in England August/September last year and was >>> delighted with the weather that was turned on for me. In contrast >>> the >>> summer in this part of NZ has been the coldest on record since >>> 1928, >>> and has seldom been above 16 degrees. Global warming has bypassed >>> us >>> and the iceage commith. >>> >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Keith Flinders >>> Wellington, NZ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Pauline Roberts" <secserve@wilnecote.fsbusiness.co.uk> >>> To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 10:22 PM >>> Subject: Re: [B'ham] Birmingham St. Philip and St. Martin >>> >>> >>> > Hello Keith >>> > >>> > Records for St Philip and St Martin are available in Birmingham >>> > Library. >>> > >>> > I know from my own research that all are not on the IGI, it is >>> > very >>> > incomplete. BMSGH have some fiche available, but I am not sure >>> > exactly how >>> > many have been produced. >>> > >>> > Google BMSGH and you can purchase from the site, as NZ is a bit >>> > of a >>> > long >>> > way to travel!! >>> > >>> > Pauline >>> > >>> > >>> > ----- Original Message ----- >>> > From: "Keith NZ" <genmail@ihug.co.nz> >>> > To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> >>> > Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 7:23 PM >>> > Subject: [B'ham] Birmingham St. Philip and St. Martin >>> > >>> > >>> >> Birmingham is a new area of research for me, hence this >>> >> question. >>> >> >>> >> Do indexes exist for baptisms, marriages and burial at >>> >> Birmingham >>> >> St, >>> >> Martin and St. Philip for the period 1790 to 1837 ? >>> >> >>> >> The IGI has some marriages and some baptisms, but I suspect not >>> >> all >>> >> for the above period I cite. But of course it does not have >>> >> burials. >>> >> >>> >> The surname I am interested in currently is WYON, a rather >>> >> uncommon >>> >> one. >>> >> >>> >> Any guidance re the above will be much appreciated. >>> >> >>> >> Keith Wellington, NZ >>> >> >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> > _____________________________________________ >>> > Tracing Ancestors in Birmingham: >>> > http://www.bham.de/ >>> > >>> > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: >>> > ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com >>> > ------------------------------- >>> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> > ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word >>> > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of >>> > the >>> > message >>> > >>> > >>> _____________________________________________ >>> Tracing Ancestors in Birmingham: >>> http://www.bham.de/ >>> >>> Any problems, please contact the List Admin: >>> ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word >>> 'unsubscribe' >>> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Type your favorite song. 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