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 > .