"Charani" <SGBNOSPAM@ mail2genes.invalid> wrote in message news:47ca7a0f$0$8429$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk... > On Sat, 1 Mar 2008 10:47:40 +0100, Lesley Robertson wrote: > >> (a sort of the death certs based on cause of death and year >> pinpointed an outbreak of typhus in the parish, for example) > > This is where Scottish records are so much better. If I wanted to > ascertain the causes of death where I have a cluster in my OPS, I'd > have to buy all the certs (providing it was post civil registration, > of course). That would make it a *very* expensive hobby!! Well, I've only got the info because I've been through the actual certs. I'm in the habit of spending at least a couple of days in Edinburgh each year as part of my annual holiday, just grabbing data. I check other info, of course (spent most of a week in the 19th century tax records in 2005, for example), but have tried to spend at least 1 day on BMDs. During that day(s) I just concentrate on getting the data down (an advantage of doing a OPS, if it's my parish, it's interesting, no need to think) in my notebooks. I'm up to the late 1890s - still end up downloading from Scotlands People of course, but this keeps the cost down. Everything goes into my databases for use during the rest of the year. Lesley Robertson

On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 11:10:10 +0100, Lesley Robertson wrote: > Well, I've only got the info because I've been through the actual > certs. That's given me an idea :)) I wonder if I could persuade the Register Office to let me peruse the post civil registration registers that cover my OPS. It would save a lot of money. It's the deaths I'm particularly interested in. The marriages I already have. The births I'm not too worried about since I have the baptisms. > During that day(s) I just > concentrate on getting the data down (an advantage of doing a OPS, > if it's my parish, it's interesting, no need to think) in my > notebooks. Yes, that is a distinct advantage :)) I also keep a notebook of little titbits to follow up such as why a girl in 1822 ended up surviving an amputation and subsequently had a wooden leg which was paid for by the parish. > I'm up to the late 1890s - still end up downloading from Scotlands > People of course, but this keeps the cost down. Everything goes > into my databases for use during the rest of the year. Oh to have the money not to need to worry! :)) For one small village, Walton has a wealth of information. It's going to take years (literally) to go through everything, then assemble it into as complete a history as is possible.