In a message dated 07/05/2011 14:25:50 GMT Daylight Time, brad@fineby.me.uk writes: An interesting project you're doing. I wonder if the info you require could be obtained from the GRO? After all, they allocated the volume and page numbers so, presumably, they have a record of what they are and which church, RO or whatever each page range refers to. Dave/Brad This sounds like a presentation given to this society by Howard Benbrook on 23 March 2009 :- "Cardinal Points - Cracking the Code of the GRO Marriage Index" Howard's notes can be downloaded from our "Past Meetings" webpage ! Enjoy ! Paul Gaskell Publicity Officer Oxfordshire Family History Society Website : _www.ofhs.org.uk_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk)
Hi Paul, there are so many variants on the spelling of maddox and ishmael but WEndy has now given me what I wanted thanks pete From: "PaulGask@aol.com" <PaulGask@aol.com> To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, 8 May 2011, 12:54 Subject: Re: [OXF] Headington Registration District In a message dated 07/05/2011 14:25:50 GMT Daylight Time, brad@fineby.me.uk writes: An interesting project you're doing. I wonder if the info you require could be obtained from the GRO? After all, they allocated the volume and page numbers so, presumably, they have a record of what they are and which church, RO or whatever each page range refers to. Dave/Brad This sounds like a presentation given to this society by Howard Benbrook on 23 March 2009 :- "Cardinal Points - Cracking the Code of the GRO Marriage Index" Howard's notes can be downloaded from our "Past Meetings" webpage ! Enjoy ! Paul Gaskell Publicity Officer Oxfordshire Family History Society Website : _www.ofhs.org.uk_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk) _____________________________________________ Oxfordshire Surname Interest list - www.oxsil.org.uk Have you entered your names of interest? ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Must add to Paul's comment: Not only would this be great info to have, but might lead to sales of some OFHS transcriptions, once folks knew where to look... John -----Original Message----- From: oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of PaulGask@aol.com Sent: 08 May 2011 12:55 To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OXF] Headington Registration District In a message dated 07/05/2011 14:25:50 GMT Daylight Time, brad@fineby.me.uk writes: An interesting project you're doing. I wonder if the info you require could be obtained from the GRO? After all, they allocated the volume and page numbers so, presumably, they have a record of what they are and which church, RO or whatever each page range refers to. Dave/Brad This sounds like a presentation given to this society by Howard Benbrook on 23 March 2009 :- "Cardinal Points - Cracking the Code of the GRO Marriage Index" Howard's notes can be downloaded from our "Past Meetings" webpage ! Enjoy ! Paul Gaskell Publicity Officer Oxfordshire Family History Society Website : _www.ofhs.org.uk_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk) _____________________________________________ Oxfordshire Surname Interest list - www.oxsil.org.uk Have you entered your names of interest? ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message