Ruth Appleby wrote: > I'm sure you will agree Brian that the quantity of information in BTs, > compared to that in the original register, varies greatly between parishes. > It's always worth looking at the original entry, no matter how complete the > BTs, as they are a prime source, and BTs are - by definition - secondary. Ruth In practice the original entry may not be primary (not prime) either because details were sometimes noted on scraps of paper and entered into registers periodically. But yes, I agree that the register is usually the nearest we'll get to a primary source and should therefore be checked on the chance that there'll be info there which is not available elsewhere. Brian -- Brian Pears (Gateshead, UK) http://www.bpears.org.uk/ Joint List Admin NORTHUMBRIA Genealogy Mailing List GENUKI Northumberland Maintainer