Hello Does anyone know if any of the Newcastle-Upon-Tyne parish records are missing or are too poor to read? I am particularly interested in baptismal records in 1821-1823. All of the family's other children were baptized at All Saints parish from 1813 to 1827. Thank you. Judy Bradley Canada

They are by no means either missing or too poor to read. The originals of the four "ancient" Newcastle C of E parishes are now at Woodhorn in Northumberland (which is the Diocesan repository). There are microfilm copies in Tyne and Wear Archives and in Newcastle Central Library. The Bishops' Transcripts are in Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections, with facsimiles on line on the LDS "FamilySearch" web site. However, there are occasional gaps in the BTs. Could it be that you have been frustrated by looking at them and finding a gap? If so, then remember that the BTs are NOT the parish registers, just a transcript of them. A contemporary transcript, yes, but a transcript nonetheless. I assume that since you refer to them as parish records we are considering only Church of England ones. There were four parishes in Newcastle at the period you mention - St Nicholas, All Saints, St John and St Andrew. All Saints had a Parochial Chapelry at St Ann's. There were also a number of other denominations present in the town - Methodists and various strains of Presbyterians, plus Roman Catholic and "others" including, eg Swedenborgians. Tyne and Wear Archives are the first place to look for their registers - see their web site (Google for it), where there is a copy of their leaflet listing all the church registers (C of E and other) they hold. As I mentioned in response to your last query, don't be surprised if you don't find a record in Newcastle itself of the baptism of someone recorded in later life as coming from "Newcastle", as those from anywhere in the NE of England, when far from there, might well say they were from "Newcastle", as a first approximation to where they were from - ie as the name of a place almost anyone would at least have heard of. Indeed, if they just said "Newcastle", and not "Newcastle upon Tyne", then also remember there are many other Newcastles, including Newcastle under Lyme, Newcastle Co Down, Newcastle South Africa, Newcastle New South Wales, etc, etc. Geoff Nicholson -----Original Message----- From: Judy Bradley via <northumbria@rootsweb.com> To: NORTHUMBRIA <NORTHUMBRIA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sat, 18 Apr 2015 16:32 Subject: [NMB] Newcastle parish records. Hello Does anyone know if any of the Newcastle-Upon-Tyne parish records are missing or are too poor to read? I am particularly interested in baptismal records in 1821-1823. All of the family's other children were baptized at All Saints parish from 1813 to 1827. Thank you. Judy Bradley Canada .. Please quote the minimum necessary to put your reply on context. Please introduce yourself at the top of every post. The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message