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    1. [SFHG] UK Parish Records via Canada and US
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    3. For those of us not living in the UK you can access parish records via the Church of Latter Day Saints' Family History Center near where you live. Check out https://familysearch.org/locations/ to see if one is close to you. They have microfilms, projection booths, free computer access to ancestry.com, and even microfilm-to-computer printers --although I have found that using a smart phone camera of the record on the projection board works great. Christine was asking about Petworth. If you are curious was LDS offers, you can see an example of what records they hold for Petworth at: https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=23404&query=%2Bplace%3A%22England%2C%20Sussex%2C%20Petworth%22&subjectsOpen=350960-50,1033131-50,635783-50 As you can see they often have Manor Rolls and other records, including transcriptions. I only recently discovered that there is a Center just a few blocks from me here in Cranbrook, BC Canada. The staff are very friendly and helpful, and there is no proselytizing. I've ordered many PRTS discs and find that they do not always transcribe all that is written in the actual records, such as "widow" or the place where the person was from. They do have a caveat on all their products to consult the originals, and that is certainly required. What I have done is go through the PRTS transcriptions and pull out all entries for a surname (use the "find" feature in the PDF, but also check the glossary at the end for possible variations of the surname spelling). When I have a list for baptism, marriage and burial parish records, I print and bring the list to the Center to check against the original and Bishop Transcripts. I then cross reference against Challen transcriptions (if available). You will find errors and omissions which may be crucial to your research. For example, I was recently puzzling through the Stedham Parish records for two surnames, Ayllwyn and Aylynge, that seemed to be used interchangeably in the same family groups --but mostly only in the 16th century. Having viewed the originals it appears that the parish records we have are not original but likely transcribed in the early 17th century. And the transcriber seems to have been mis-transcribed Aylynge in most cases (as subsequently confirmed via viewing the BT's, Wills, Sussex Inquisition, etc). Chris Ayling Member #16632

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