Hi Caroline Thank you. The image is on Find my Past so not sure if it is BT or not. What surprises me is that he has a memorial stone in St James Piccadilly as James. Also in his will although living in Duke Street he is “of Berners Street” and there is a John MacQueen in Berners Street. Regards Bob On 10 Jun 2014, at 11:03, Caroline Bradford <caroline.bradford@btinternet.com> wrote: > Hi Bob > > The burial registers of St James, Westminster (AKA St James, Piccadilly) > were, like all CofE parish registers, the responsibility of the incumbent > clergyman. However, it was not uncommon for the actual writing up of the > registers to be undertaken by a church official. Moreover, the registers > were rarely written up "live". The details of the event would have been > written (scribbled?) in a day book (or even a scrap of paper) then copied > into the registers at a later date. > > At that date, copies were made of the original registers and submitted to > the local Bishop on a regular basis. It is, I think, these BTs that Ancestry > have. > > It is entirely possible that a mistake could have been made, either through > a misunderstanding at the time of burial or when the contemporary note was > written up into the registers. > > Hope this helps > > Caroline > > >> Hello >> I have found the image for Westminster burials records on Findmypast and >> wonder who compiled these? were they written at the time of burial. >> I am asking as my GGGGranfathers brother James MACQUEEN is shown as >> John MACQUEEN in the record. >> I had previously found a transcription on Ancestry and assumed it was a >> transcription mistake but now I see that it is incorrect in the written > record. >> Could it be a transcription mistake then - 1830 - or could he have been > known >> as John? >> >> Thank you >> Bob >> . > > . > ************************************** > Send your List messages using *PLAIN TEXT* and always *DELETE* superfluous old messages in replies. Only include the one to which you are replying. > > *MEANINGFUL Subject Lines* ie who, what, where, when, with SURNAMES in CAPITAL letters. > > List Admin can be contacted at: Middlesex_County_UK-admin@rootsweb.com > > The archives can be found at: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=middlesex_county_uk > > . > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MIDDLESEX_COUNTY_UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message