Hi All I don't know if this has already been posted, but today I found that the Family Search site of images of the Norfolk Registers now has a search facility that wasn't there last time I looked. The site indicates that it was updated on 28 December 1911. Clearly only a very small percentage of the images have been transcribed, but if you do find anything of interest a single click will open the register image. Regards Peter Banham

Hello Peter: Thank you for that good bit of news. I've found the registers transcriptions for Norfolk in the LDS as accurate as I would be (smile) transcribing the originals. Maybe I could tell you all something that helped me. I had read the Outwell, Norfolk register in 1999, which was difficult because there were many damaged pages black with ink that had leached through from the other side of the paper. Flooding had also affected the writings and the paper - seems a lot of churches kept their older registers downstairs in the cellars. I was looking through the Outwell register pages that I had managed to see something looking like MERKLEY on the page so photo copied and kept the page from 1999 until now. A short while ago I was sitting by the window where a ray of sunlight spread from the low sun across the page that was really black with ink bleed-throught. Near the bottom of the spread, I found Thomas MERKLEY born 6 December 1773 to John MERKLEY and Mary [WILSON]. I've been looking for this man, our 3rd great grandfather for 30 years and had him all the time - well, since 1999. It's always good to check back on the information you own. I'm going to start doing just that. So, I'm advising you members to try anything creative (except getting the photocopy wet) to bring print out from under the black staining, even sunlight! All the best for the New Year to all of you - Carol Northwest Washington State, USA On 1/4/12, Peter <peter@pwbanham.co.uk> wrote: > Hi All > > I don't know if this has already been posted, but today I found that the > Family Search site of images of the Norfolk Registers now has a search > facility that wasn't there last time I looked. > > The site indicates that it was updated on 28 December 1911. > > Clearly only a very small percentage of the images have been transcribed, > but > if you do find anything of interest a single click will open the register > image. > > Regards > > Peter Banham > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

That's quite a story, Carol, thanks for sharing! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Carol J Markillie <cjmarkillie@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 9:55 AM Subject: Re: [NFK] Norfolk Registers on Family Search To: norfolk@rootsweb.com Hello Peter: Thank you for that good bit of news. I've found the registers transcriptions for Norfolk in the LDS as accurate as I would be (smile) transcribing the originals. Maybe I could tell you all something that helped me. I had read the Outwell, Norfolk register in 1999, which was difficult because there were many damaged pages black with ink that had leached through from the other side of the paper. Flooding had also affected the writings and the paper - seems a lot of churches kept their older registers downstairs in the cellars. I was looking through the Outwell register pages that I had managed to see something looking like MERKLEY on the page so photo copied and kept the page from 1999 until now. A short while ago I was sitting by the window where a ray of sunlight spread from the low sun across the page that was really black with ink bleed-throught. Near the bottom of the spread, I found Thomas MERKLEY born 6 December 1773 to John MERKLEY and Mary [WILSON]. I've been looking for this man, our 3rd great grandfather for 30 years and had him all the time - well, since 1999. It's always good to check back on the information you own. I'm going to start doing just that. So, I'm advising you members to try anything creative (except getting the photocopy wet) to bring print out from under the black staining, even sunlight! All the best for the New Year to all of you - Carol Northwest Washington State, USA On 1/4/12, Peter <peter@pwbanham.co.uk> wrote: > Hi All > > I don't know if this has already been posted, but today I found that the > Family Search site of images of the Norfolk Registers now has a search > facility that wasn't there last time I looked. > > The site indicates that it was updated on 28 December 1911. > > Clearly only a very small percentage of the images have been transcribed, > but > if you do find anything of interest a single click will open the register > image. > > Regards > > Peter Banham > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com 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 NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Peter, Have been looking thru the https://www.familysearch.org/ site and could not find and search facility under the Nofolk Registers.  Am guessing you may be approaching them from a different address. May I ask what address you are using? Thanks for your help. Scott B From: Peter <peter@pwbanham.co.uk> >To: norfolk@rootsweb.com >Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 10:57:27 AM >Subject: [NFK] Norfolk Registers on Family Search > >Hi All > >I don't know if this has already been posted, but today I found that the >Family Search site of images of the Norfolk Registers now has a search >facility that wasn't there last time I looked. > >The site indicates that it was updated on 28 December 1911. > >Clearly only a very small percentage of the images have been transcribed, >but >if you do find anything of interest a single click will open the register >image. > >Regards > >Peter Banham > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

Whilst these are very good, they are not all the records from the Parish records. I have searched for my Rocket(t) surname and have only 8 records thrown up whereas if you browse through the registers here online, there are many more. Can someone tell me which registers are included in this search as it is different to the main Family Search search and nowhere near complete to the actual registers on the site? Jan -----Original Message----- From: Peter Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 4:57 PM To: norfolk@rootsweb.com Subject: [NFK] Norfolk Registers on Family Search Hi All I don't know if this has already been posted, but today I found that the Family Search site of images of the Norfolk Registers now has a search facility that wasn't there last time I looked. The site indicates that it was updated on 28 December 1911. Clearly only a very small percentage of the images have been transcribed, but if you do find anything of interest a single click will open the register image. Regards Peter Banham ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Jan Don't forget that FreeREG has transcribed over 4 million of the records contained in those images. For example it contains 58 baptisms of the surname Rocket. Kirk On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 5:04 AM, Jan Rockett <jan.rockett@ntlworld.com>wrote: > Whilst these are very good, they are not all the records from the Parish > records. I have searched for my Rocket(t) surname and have only 8 records > thrown up whereas if you browse through the registers here online, there > are > many more. > Can someone tell me which registers are included in this search as it is > different to the main Family Search search and nowhere near complete to the > actual registers on the site? > > Jan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter > Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 4:57 PM > To: norfolk@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NFK] Norfolk Registers on Family Search > > Hi All > > I don't know if this has already been posted, but today I found that the > Family Search site of images of the Norfolk Registers now has a search > facility that wasn't there last time I looked. > > The site indicates that it was updated on 28 December 1911. > > Clearly only a very small percentage of the images have been transcribed, > but > if you do find anything of interest a single click will open the register > image. > > Regards > > Peter Banham > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com 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 > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >