Worth also remembering that spellings were very variable at that time (late 1600s often the worst handwriting so transcripts can be less reliable), and people often married in churches quite a way from where they both lived. Julie On 21/03/2014 02:05, Keith Drage wrote: > You are entering the period where parish registers may have been lost > for various reasons. > > I would suggest identifying the parishes you are interested in, possibly > in a priority order of doing the work, and then identifying based on the > NRO list whether the parish register exists for that parish for the > period you are interested in. > > http://www.archives.norfolk.gov.uk/view/NCC098323 > > If the parish register exists, then you can check whether Freereg has > transcribed it here: > > http://www.freereg.org.uk/parishes/nfk/frontpage.shtml > > If not you will have to find other sources, possbly familysearch, > possibly NNGS, possibly a visit to the NRO personally. > > If the register does not exist for a parish, you will have to search for > other sources e.g. wills, deeds, manorial records etc. If you get to > that point I suggest reading one of the specialist books on the subject. > > Remember also there is a chance the marriage may never have existed. > > regards > > Keith Drage > Swindon UK > > On 20/03/2014 11:14, Karen Hodges wrote: >> I am trying to find the marriage of James Bird to Rebecca ? before 1691 >> please. >> The marriage did not take place in Clackclose hundred, it could be in one >> of the southern parishes of freebridge lynn hundred. >> >> Karen >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> . >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Julie Harold FreeREG Norfolk Coordinator http://www.freereg.org.uk --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
Hi Julie Are you referring to chapels not conducting the marriage ceremony and looking for these in the main church which might be a distance away?I haven't looked into this. Karen On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 7:21 PM, Norfolk <[email protected]> wrote: > Worth also remembering that spellings were very variable at that time > (late 1600s often the worst handwriting so transcripts can be less > reliable), and people often married in churches quite a way from where > they both lived. > > Julie > > On 21/03/2014 02:05, Keith Drage wrote: > > You are entering the period where parish registers may have been lost > > for various reasons. > > > > I would suggest identifying the parishes you are interested in, possibly > > in a priority order of doing the work, and then identifying based on the > > NRO list whether the parish register exists for that parish for the > > period you are interested in. > > > > http://www.archives.norfolk.gov.uk/view/NCC098323 > > > > If the parish register exists, then you can check whether Freereg has > > transcribed it here: > > > > http://www.freereg.org.uk/parishes/nfk/frontpage.shtml > > > > If not you will have to find other sources, possbly familysearch, > > possibly NNGS, possibly a visit to the NRO personally. > > > > If the register does not exist for a parish, you will have to search for > > other sources e.g. wills, deeds, manorial records etc. If you get to > > that point I suggest reading one of the specialist books on the subject. > > > > Remember also there is a chance the marriage may never have existed. > > > > regards > > > > Keith Drage > > Swindon UK > > > > On 20/03/2014 11:14, Karen Hodges wrote: > >> I am trying to find the marriage of James Bird to Rebecca ? before 1691 > >> please. > >> The marriage did not take place in Clackclose hundred, it could be in > one > >> of the southern parishes of freebridge lynn hundred. > >> > >> Karen > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> . > >> > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > -- > Julie Harold > FreeREG Norfolk Coordinator > http://www.freereg.org.uk > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >