You may not have heard this too often from me Roy but thank you for the information. I had heard of the lists but not really had cause to investigate them. I shall now. David Marriott Delta BC Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: <nottsgen-request@rootsweb.com> To: <nottsgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 1:01 PM Subject: NOTTSGEN Digest, Vol 1, Issue 20 > Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:46:33 -0000 > From: "Roy Stockdill" <roy.stockdill@btinternet.com> > Subject: Re: [NTT] England & Wales Christening Records > To: <NOTTSGEN@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <495BBE09.15436.2B0EF3F@localhost> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > From: "Nivard Ovington" <ovington1@sky.com> > >> I think Phil has your answer, given Mansfields close proximately to >> Yorkshire >> >> Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) >> >> >> Chris, >> >> This may well be an example of the Dade Parish >> rtegisters, which idea started in Yorkshire. >> >> <http://www.pontefractfhs.org.uk/Dade_registers.htm> >> >> is a link which explains more. > > > I rather thought everyone knew about the famous Dade Registers. I have > written about them enough times on many lists and in the family history > magazines. > > The Rev William Dade was a far-sighted Yorkshire clergymen and > incumbent of a number of Yorkshire parishes. He was one of very few > clerics who actually foresaw that there was a time when ordinary people > might want to trace their ancestry, so he instituted a system of record- > keeping that gave much greater detail then the usual perfunctory entries, > especially for baptismal entries. In a classic Dade entry you get a 3- > generation family tree back to the grandfathers and I have even seen > ones that give a 4-generation tree. > > If you come across a Dade entry, then they are an absolute goldmine! > > The Dade registers are principally found in Yorkshire but Dade's > influence spread to several contiguous counties like Lancashire, > Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire. One or two are even found in Essex > and Surrey. > > Dade registers exist from circa the mid-1770s up until 1812, when a new > system was introduced under Rose's Act that, ironically, actually gave > less information than Dade's entries did. There were similar registers in > Durham and Northumberland from the mid-1790s called Barrington > Registers after Bishop Shute Barrington who copied the Dade style. > > I can confirm from a list in my possession that Mansfield was one of eight > Notts parishes that had Dade-style registers. The others were Beeston, > Coddington, East Stoke, Finley, Sutton Bonnington, Syeston and > Teversal. > > -- > Roy Stockdill > Professional genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer > Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: > www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html > > "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, > and that is not being talked about." > OSCAR WILDE >