Yes, this is it. I couldn't find any other free site for them not even on my paid subscription on Ancestry.com. Thanks so very much. Janet In a message dated 1/29/2011 3:54:22 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, elizhgene@gmail.com writes: On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Eliz Hanebury <elizhgene@gmail.com> wrote: > Is this the database? > https://www.familysearch.org/s/collection/show#uri=http://search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1666142&hash=Mrd8SMocDIIen2Q83tu%252B82PRagg%25 3D > > England and Wales Nonconformist Index for RG 4-8 (Record Groups 4-8) > (FamilySearch Historical Records) > > Record Description > > The following is a brief description of each record group: RG 4 > contains birth, marriage, and death records from Presbyterian, > Baptist, and Independent churches (known collectively as the > Congregational Church); the Royal Hospital in Chelsea; the Royal > Hospital in Greenwich; the Dr. Williams’s Library; the Wesleyan > Methodist Metropolitan Registry; the Bunhill Fields Burial Ground in > Hackney, London; the South London Burial Ground in Walworth, London; > and the Necropolis Burial Ground in Everton, Liverpool. > > RG 5 contains birth records from the General Register Office; Dr. > Williams’s Library; the Presbyterian, Independent, and Baptist > Registry; and the Wesleyan Methodist Metropolitan Registry. > > RG 6 contains birth, marriage and burial records from the Society of > Friends’ (Quakers’) registers, notes and certificates, 1578-1841. > > RG 7 contains records of clandestine marriages and baptisms in the > Fleet Prison, the King’s Bench Prison, the Mint, and the May Fair > Chapel, 1667-c1777. > > On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 4:58 AM, <JANETHESKI@aol.com> wrote: >> Hi Janet, >> one more thought...You may be able to access Dr Williams' records, which do >> give details of non-conformist births. I was able to look at them on >> microfilm at the Family Record Centre in London before it closed. They may be >> available on line. >> >> The original purpose of this collection was to keep a record of birth >> details of children who had not been baptised as infants within the London >> area. However peope in more far flung areas such as Gloucestershire also took >> advantage of the service and details of some of the Horsley people are >> recorded. Not only are the parents named but the mother's parents are also named >> as are witnesses to the birth. If a person made a mark rather than signing >> the document yet another person is recorded as having witnessed the >> signature. >> >> There is one record that involves my family directly, although there are >> others that are of interest: >> >> Record 1522; >> Elizabeth HERBERT, born 6th October 1776, to John HERBERT and Ann, >> daughter of Joseph and Margaret HESKINS, registered 1st April 1808. Witnesses; >> Elizabeth COLE and Ann HAINES, both of whom made marks. John HESKINS junior >> and Jonathan COLE were witnesses to these marks. > _____________________________________________ Gloucestershire Family History Society: www.gfhs.org.uk Gloucestershire Archives: www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=15434 Gloucestershire BMD Index 1837 to 2005: http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GLOUCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Do go in thru the specified db or you will get the world <G> Eliz On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 6:02 PM, <JANLWH@aol.com> wrote: > > Yes, this is it.  I couldn't find  any other free site for them not even on > my paid subscription on  Ancestry.com.  Thanks so very much.  Janet > > In a message dated  1/29/2011 3:54:22 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > elizhgene@gmail.com writes: > On  Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Eliz Hanebury <elizhgene@gmail.com> > wrote: >> Is this the database? >> > https://www.familysearch.org/s/collection/show#uri=http://search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1666142&hash=Mrd8SMocDIIen2Q83tu%252B82PRagg%25 > 3D >> >>  England and Wales Nonconformist Index for RG 4-8 (Record Groups 4-8) >>  (FamilySearch Historical Records) >> >> Record  Description >> >> The following is a brief description of each record  group: RG 4 >> contains birth, marriage, and death records from  Presbyterian, >> Baptist, and Independent churches (known collectively as  the >> Congregational Church); the Royal Hospital in Chelsea; the  Royal >> Hospital in Greenwich; the Dr. Williams’s Library; the  Wesleyan >> Methodist Metropolitan Registry; the Bunhill Fields Burial  Ground in >> Hackney, London; the South London Burial Ground in Walworth,  London; >> and the Necropolis Burial Ground in Everton,  Liverpool. >> >> RG 5 contains birth records from the General Register  Office; Dr. >> Williams’s Library; the Presbyterian, Independent, and  Baptist >> Registry; and the Wesleyan Methodist Metropolitan  Registry. >> >> RG 6 contains birth, marriage and burial records from  the Society of >> Friends’ (Quakers’) registers, notes and certificates,  1578-1841. >> >> RG 7 contains records of clandestine marriages and  baptisms in the >> Fleet Prison, the King’s Bench Prison, the Mint, and the  May Fair >> Chapel, 1667-c1777. >> >> On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at  4:58 AM,  <JANETHESKI@aol.com> wrote: >>> Hi   Janet, >>> one more thought...You may be able to access Dr Williams'  records, > which do >>> give  details of non-conformist births. I was  able to look at them on >>> microfilm at the  Family Record Centre  in London before it closed. They > may be >>> available on   line. >>> >>> The original purpose of this collection was to  keep a record of  birth >>> details of children who had not been  baptised as infants within the > London >>> area. However peope in more  far flung areas such as Gloucestershire > also took >>> advantage of the  service and details of some of the Horsley people are >>>  recorded.  Not only are the parents named but the mother's parents are > also  named >>> as are  witnesses to the birth. If a person made a mark  rather than > signing >>> the document  yet another person is  recorded as having witnessed the >>> signature. >>> >>>  There  is one record that involves my family directly, although there > are >>> others that  are of interest: >>> >>>  Record 1522; >>> Elizabeth HERBERT, born 6th October  1776, to John  HERBERT and Ann, >>> daughter of Joseph and Margaret HESKINS,   registered 1st April 1808. > Witnesses; >>> Elizabeth COLE and Ann  HAINES, both  of whom made marks. John HESKINS > junior >>> and  Jonathan COLE were witnesses to  these  marks. >> > > _____________________________________________ > > Gloucestershire  Family History Society: > www.gfhs.org.uk > > Gloucestershire  Archives: > www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=15434 > > Gloucestershire  BMD Index 1837 to 2005: > http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/ > ------------------------------- > To  unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GLOUCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes  in the subject > and the body of the message > >  _____________________________________________ > > Gloucestershire Family History Society: > www.gfhs.org.uk > > Gloucestershire Archives: > www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=15434 > > Gloucestershire BMD Index 1837 to 2005: > http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GLOUCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message