Thank you, Nivard I'd just never come across it before and was flumoxed! Regards Heather Nivard Ovington wrote: > Hi Heather > > Its not that unusual, try Berkshire, its the same problem there > > It would presumably be the decision of the Bishop, who for some reason or > other does not want to make the information available > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > > >> Hi there >> >> I've just heard back from East Riding Archive and Local Studies Service >> about the Scalby parish records. They confirm that they hold them but >> "under instruction from our Diocese, the microfiche are not available >> for sale." >> >> They kindly attach a list of researchers I could contact but I enjoy >> reading the old registers myself and seeing if there are any other >> notes, rather than reading/relying on transcripts by others. >> >> Has anyone ever come across this before? Can anyone offer an >> explanation why a Diocese would object? >> >> Heather >> > > > > > Some useful websites - > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >