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    1. [LON] St Olave's missing records on Ancestry ?
    2. Hi List , I have a query regarding the London records on Ancestry , and i should state straight away that i have been in contact with them but as yet to no avail . Basically the problem is a missing segment of approx 29 yrs for the parish records of St Olave's Bermondsey between the years 1747 - 1776 . I have searched for a marriage event which is known to have taken place in 1760 at St Olave's in the index - London - Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921" but St Olave in this index only begins at 1777 onwards . The wider index - London - Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 - actually shows a break in all St Olave parish records for the era 1748-1776 . It would seem there is abt 29 years of Bap/Marriage/Burial records missing for this parish within these London collections on Ancestry . It may be relevant to also point out that in the Bap's,Marr's & Burials collection , the St Olave records are all in book form , whereas when the marriage records start up again in the 1754-1921 collection they are in the usual "marriage document " format showing name's /date/witness names etc . Ancestry have told me they are unaware of any missing records from their LMA collection but i am wondering if anyone onlist has any knowledge of this Parish and it's records and why there is this apparent gap ? Any help/advice much appreciated , Kind regards Nancy Dowling -

    04/16/2011 12:48:03